Preface viiiContributors xiForeword xxAcknowledgements xxii1 Vascular Access 1Thach N. Nguyen, Nguyen Hong Phat, Phuoc T. Nguyen, and Tri Pham2 Dynamic Coronary Angiography and Flow 29Thach N. Nguyen, Ernest F. Talarico Jr., Lê Xuân Minh Phúc, Duy Khanh Nguyen, Robert Luscomb Jr., and The-Hung Nguyen3 Guides 73Dobrin Vassilev, Pham Nhu Hung, Luan M. Ngo, Duy Chung, and Thach N. Nguyen4 Wires 109Thach N. Nguyen, Nguyen Van Lanh, Huynh Dang Thanh Phuong, and Nguyen Thi Kim Dung5 Balloon Angioplasty 125Thach N. Nguyen, Kim Truong, Quoc V.P. Bui, Ria Shah, Thien Bui, and Truong An Ngo6 Stenting 140Thach N. Nguyen, Nguyen Van Thuan, Vy Le, Riichi André Ota González, and Ami R. Shah7 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds 167Michael Nguyen, Julia Isbister, Imran Sheikh, Tan Huay Cheem, Azeem Latib, and Nigel Jepson8 Transradial Approach 186Jack Chen, Sandeep Nathan, Kwan S. Lee, Nguyen Thuong Nghia, Xian Kai Li, and Thach N. Nguyen9 Slender Transradial Intervention 225Yuji Ikari10 Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 239Michael S. Lee, Richard Shlofmitz, and Duk-Woo Park11 Chronic Total Occlusion 257Minh N. Vo, Sundeep Mishra, Mohamad Lazkani, Shishir Murarka, and Ashish Pershad12 Ostial Lesions 310Szabolcs G. Szabo, Gautam Kumar, and Thach N. Nguyen13 Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction 331Jonathan Soverow, Son Truong Pham, Thai Truong, Quan H. Nguyen, Thach N. Nguyen, Alan Fong, and C. Michael Gibson14 Interventions in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 364Faisal Latif, Timir Paul, Thach N. Nguyen, Xu Bo, and Runlin Gao15 Bifurcation Lesion 388Christian Stumpf, Shao Liang Chen, Imad Sheiban, and Dobrin Vassilev16 Complications 420Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Nguyen Duc Cong, Duc Duy Nguyen, and Thach N. Nguyen17 High-risk Patients 467Sandeep Nathan, Vien Truong, Florian Krackhardt, Hoang Cong Nguyen, Thu Quynh Nguyen, Tra T. Ngo, Toan H.D. Le, and Thach N. Nguyen18 Coronary Atherectomy 486Michael S. Lee and Arthur Lee19 Removal of Embolized Material 505Thach N. Nguyen, Truong Quang Binh, Vu Tri Loc, Nguyen Si Tuan, and Duc Trung Truong20 Subclavian Artery Interventions 523Gianluca Rigatelli, Elise Strum Anderson, Ali Otto, and Aravinda Nanjundappa21 Renal Artery Interventions 539Gianluca Rigatelli, Frank Annie, Thi Anh Nga Nguyen, and Ho Thuong Dzung22 Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease 553Gianluca Rigatelli, Hung D. Huynh, Dinh Duc Huy, and Horst Sievert23 Iliac Artery Stenosis 580Gianluca Rigatelli, Aravinda Nanjundappa, Nelson Bernardo, Vijay Dave, and Cao van Thinh24 Infrainguinal and Infragenicular Interventions 603Gianluca Rigatelli, Robert S. Dieter, Ali Foorq, Le Cao Phuong Duy, and Aravinda Nanjundappa25 Pulmonary Embolism 624Faisal Latif, Mihas Kodenchery, Tram B. Nguyen, Nie Shao-Ping, Tarneem Darwish, and Zeeshan Khan26 MitraClip(TM) Mitral Valve Repair System 639Srinivas Iyengar, James Nguyen, and Edgar Tay27 Septal Puncture and Inoue-balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 652Pham Manh Hung and Nguyen Ngoc Quang28 Retrograde Percutaneous Aortic Valvuloplasty 690Ted Feldman, Thach N. Nguyen, Debabrata Dash, and Duane S. Pinto29 Watchman(TM) Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device 701Srinivas Iyengar, James Nguyen, Edgar Tay, and Dongming Hou30 Interventions in Acute Ischemic Stroke 714Le Van Truong, Nguyen Trong Tuyen, Ernest F. Talarico Jr., and Thach N. NguyenIndex 738
EDITED BYTHACH N. NGUYEN, MD, Academic Dean, Tan Tao University, School of Medicine, Long An, Vietnam; Director, Cardiovascular Research Department, Methodist Hospital, Merrillville, IN, USASHAO LIANG CHEN, MD, Vice President of Nanjing First Hospital and Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMOO-HYUN KIM, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Department of Cardiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, KoreaDUANE S. PINTO, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USACINDY L. GRINES, MD, Chief Scientific Officer, Interventional Cardiology, Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA; President, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Washington, D.C., USAC. MICHAEL GIBSON, MS, MD, MA (HoN), Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USAERNEST F. TALARICO JR., PHD, Visiting Professor of Anatomy and Medical Curriculum Consultant, Tan Tao University, School of Medicine, Long An, Vietnam