Cardiovascular intervention: a companion to Braunwald's heart disease

The birth of interventional cardiology -- Guidelines and appropriateness criteria for interventional cardiology -- Vascular access and closure -- Pharmacotherapy in the modern interventional suite -- Hemodynamic support during high-risk PCI -- Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Contrast selection -- Percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main disease -- Chronic total coronary occlusions : rationale, technique, and clinical outcomes -- Bifurcations -- Bypass graft interventions -- Calcified lesions -- Treatment of in-stent restenosis -- Management of thrombotic lesions -- Fractional flow reserve -- Intravascular ultrasound imaging -- Optical coherence tomography -- Intervention for lower extremity arterial disease -- Upper extremity intervention -- Renal artery intervention : catheter-based therapy for renal artery stenosis -- Mesenteric artery intervention : catheter-based therapy for chronic mesenteric ischemia -- Renal denervation -- Endovascular management of aortic and thoracic aneurysms -- Carotid and vertebral intervention -- Intracranial intervention and acute stroke -- Interventional management of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Management of chronic venous insufficiency -- Hemodialysis access intervention -- Aortic valvuloplasty and transcatheter aortic valve replacement -- Transcatheter mitral valve intervention -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect, left atrial appendage, and ventricular septal defect closure -- Interventions for advanced heart failure -- Endomyocardial biopsy -- Pericardiocentesis and pericardial intervention -- Congenital heart disease.

Of Recommendations for Coronary RevascularizationOther Methods to Improve Quality; Performance Measures; Public Reporting; Putting Guidelines into Practice; Conclusions; References; 3 Vascular Access and Closure; Femoral Arterial Access; Introduction; Anatomic Considerations; Preprocedural Considerations; Procedure; Special Considerations; Using a Micropuncture Needle; Using a SmartNeedle Percutaneous Doppler Vascular Access Device; Using Ultrasound Guidance; Femoral Arterial Cannulation in a Challenging Patient Subgroup; Morbidly Obese Patients.