DESCRIPTION:
Percutaneous interventions may be very demanding, challenging and complicated. Even in apparently simple cases, this is true. This superb handbook is the first to focus solely on complications during percutaneous cardiovascular interventions. Handbook of Complications during Percutaneous Coronary Interventions provides both the neophyte and the experienced interventional cardiologist with guidance on how to prevent and to treat complications in the cath lab. The editors and the excellent team of contributors ensure that the reader is provided with practically-oriented advice, as well as tips and tricks, many of which are not included in the classic textbooks.
* Each chapter on the specific vessel areas includes.
* Introduction on the frequency and kind of complications in this vessel area.
* Factors identifying high risk patients for these complications.
* Complications of specific interventional steps and complications for specific interventional tools.
* Percutaneous techniques to resolve these complications.
* Methods to avoid these complications.
* Summary.
* Check list for an emergency equipment for interventions in this specific vessel areaHandbook of Complications during Percutaneous Coronary Interventions focuses on practical tips for the interventionist in the cath-lab, to review complicated cases and outline different strategies in real-life cases, thus to share the experience of high-volume interventionists with the reader. Richard Miller, a pioneer in interventional cardiology, noted: ""Good judgment is based on bad experience and bad experience results from poor judgment"". With this in mind, Eric Eeckhout, Amir Lerman, Stéphane Carlier and Morton Kern and their 60 highly experienced contributors offer a wealth of educational material based on personal experience for all their readers.
CONTENTS:
Section A. Introduction.
Section B. Patient preparation and selection.
Section C. During the procedure.
Section D. Device related complications.
Section E. Specific issue.
Section F. General issues.
Section G. Non coronary cardiac interventions.
Section H. Words of wisdom.
