Diagnostic Methods in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

ISBN-13: 9781841846583 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 306 str.

A. Lemos Pedro; Pedro A. Lemos; Paul Schoenhagen

Opis

Diagnostic Methods in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Spis treści

Coronary Anomalies and Fistulae: An Overview of Important Entities. Practical Uses of Online Quantitative Coronary Angiography. Preintervention Evaluation of Chronic Total Occlusions. Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion. Challenges in the Assessment of Bifurcation Lesions. The Vulnerable Plaque and Angiography. Merits and Limitations of IVUS for the Evaluation of Ambiguous Lesions. An In-Depth Insight of Intravascular Ultrasound for Coronary Stenting. Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance of Stent Deployment. A Practical Approach to IVUS for In-Stent Restenosis and Thrombosis. Pharmacological Intervention Trials. IVUS and IVUS-Derived Methods for Vulnerable Plaque Assessment. Evaluation of Acute and Chronic Microvascular Coronary Disease. Collateral Function Assessment. Merits and Limitations of FFR for the Evaluation of Ambiguous Lesions: Special Attention to Ostial Location, Bifurcation, Tandem Lesion, Ectasic Vessel, In-Stent Restenosis, and Diffuse Disease. Clinical Applications of OCT. Viability Assessment and Cardiac Function. Cardiovascular Interventional MR Imaging. Role of MDCT for the Diagnosis of Coronary Anomalies and Fistulae. Coronary Stenosis Evaluation with CT Angiography. Multidetector Computed Tomography Imaging for Myocardial Perfusion, Viability, and Cardiac Function. Evaluation of LV Function in Cases of Global and Segmental Disease. Current Noninvasive and Invasive Diagnostic Approach to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The Role of the Cath Lab in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation. Evaluation of Common Congenital Heart Defects in the Adult. Tips and Tricks of the Angiographic Anatomy of the Carotid Arteries and Vertebrobasilar System. Invasive Evaluation of Renal Artery Stenosis. Angiographic Assessment of Lower Extremity Arterial Insufficiency.

O autorze

Pedro A. Lemos, Paul Schoenhagen, Alexandra Lansky