Contributors . iii
Foreword.ix
Preface .xi
Abbreviations xix
Chapter 1 Vascular Access
Thach Nguyen, Rajiv Kumar . 1
Chapter 2 Transradial Approach
Gérald R Barbeau.17
Chapter 3 Angiographic Views
Thach Nguyen, Ta Tien Phuoc,
Gianluca Rigatelli 25
Chapter 4 Guides
Thach Nguyen, Nguyen Thuong Nghia,
Vijay Dave 63
Chapter 5 Wires
Thach Nguyen, Lihua Shang . 93
Chapter 6 Balloon Angioplasty
Thach Nguyen, Nguyen Ngoc Quang,
Huan Quang Do, Meilin Liu, Rijie Li .. 109
Chapter 7 Stenting
Thach Nguyen, Jia Sanqing, Wang Lei,
Yan Songbiao ..123
Chapter 8 High-risk Patients
Thach Nguyen, Nithi Mahanonda,
Tianchan Li, Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck .153
Chapter 9 Complex Lesions
Thach Nguyen, Cayi Lu, Shiwen Wang 181
Chapter 10 Chronic Total Occlusion
Kazuaki Mitsudo, Thach Nguyen,
Jui Sung Hung 203
Chapter 11 Ostial Lesions
Thach Nguyen, Ho Thuong Dzung,
Devan Pillay, Buxin Chen, Quan Fang 221
Chapter 12 Acute ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
Thach Nguyen, Mintu Turakhia, Pham Hoan
Tien, Wang Lefeng, C Michael Gibson 229
Chapter 13 Bifurcation Lesions
Samuel J Shubrooks, Jr . 259
Chapter 14 Approach to the Patient with
Prior Bypass Surgery
John S Douglas, Thach Nguyen,
Loan Pham, Tan Huay Cheem 279
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Chapter 15 Left Main Lesions
Seung Jung Park, Thach Nguyen . 301
Chapter 16 Removal of Embolized Material
Kirk Garratt, Thach Nguyen ..319
Chapter 17 Complications
Thach Nguyen, Damras Tresukosol,
Vo Thanh Nhan, Mingzhong Zhao,
Hong Zhao 335
Chapter 18 Vascular Brachytherapy and Restenosis
Moo-Hyun Kim, Phong Nguyen-Ho,
Thach Nguyen, Greg L Kaluza 361
Chapter 19 Rotational Atherectomy
Thach Nguyen, Mark Reisman,
Ted Feldman 379
Chapter 20 Intravascular Ultrasound
Guy Weigold, Neil J Weissman .. 391
Chapter 21 Percutaneous Ilio-femoral
Revascularizations
Krishna Rocha Singh.. 407
Chapter 22 Carotid Artery Interventions
Kasja Rabe, Herbert Cordero,
Richard Heuser, L Nelson Hopkins,
Horst Sievert 429
Chapter 23 Endovascular Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysm Exclusion
Edward B Diethrich .. 467
Chapter 24 Inoue Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
Jui-Sung Hung, Nguyen Quang Tuan,
Pham Manh Hung, Moo Hyun Kim,
Kean Wah Lau 485
Chapter 25 Percutaneous Mechanical Mitral
Commissurotomy
Alain Cribier, Helene Eltchaninoff . 523
Chapter 26 Retrograde Balloon Percutaneous
Aortic Valvuloplasty
Ted Feldman.541
Chapter 27 Percutaneous Implantation of
Aortic Valve Prosthesis
Alain Cribier, Helene Eltchaninoff,
Christophe Tron ..551
Chapter 28 Interventions in Intracranial Arteries
Jay U Howington, Elad I Levy,
Lee R Guterman, L Nelson Hopkins. 567
Contents xvii
Chapter 29 Percutaneous Interventions in
Adults with Congenital Heart Diseases
Phillip Moore, Huynh Tuan Khanh,
Zhang Shuang Chuan, Nguyen Lan Hieu,
David Teitel .. 591
Index . 641
