• Implement the newest and most effective interventional procedures into your practice with this new edition of Topol's Textbook of Interventional Cardiology. This wholly revised textbook will provide you with comprehensive, up-to-date and clinically-orientated coverage of all aspects of percutaneous coronary revascularisation.

• Dr. Topol has amassed the world leaders in interventional cardiology to contribute to this book, yielding the authoritative and definitive reference on the subject.
• Focused on applications of intervention, this book is a practical text for the interventionalist.
• Provides evidence-based guidance on treating a full range of coronary lesions, including the very latest techniques and adjunctive therapies.

• Chapter on drug coated stents with a clear explanation of this important advanced technique
• Chapter on percutaneous bypass surgery
• Chapter on congenital heart disease with all the latest interventional techniques for common congenital problems (not covered in other books)

• Offers an in-depth discussion of drug-coated stents-one of the most high profile and advanced techniques in the field
• Presents brand-new information on inflammation and arterial injury ? angiogenesis ? percutaneous bypass surgery ? device genomics ? hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ? stem cell therapy for ischemic heart disease ? prophylactic aspirin use ? detection of vulnerable plaque ? and much more
• Explores the amplified impact of non-coronary interventions
• Examines improvements in adjunctive pharmacotherapy
• Offers up-to-date information on congenital heart disease as well as restenosis
• Features a fully revised section on outcome effectiveness in interventional cardiology

Section I: Pharmacologic Intervention  
 
1. 1. Role of Platelet - Inhibitor Agents in Coronary Artery Disease  
2. Anticoagulants and Their Use in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Coronary Interventions  
3. Effects of Beta - Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Nitrates, and Magnesium in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina Pectoris  
4. Angiotensin - Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Extended on  
5. Thrombolytic Intervention  
6. Hypolipidemic Intervention and Prospects for Regression  
 
Section II: Coronary and Peripheral Intervention: Key Applications  
 
7. Percutaneous Coronary and Peripheral Intervention: Historical Perspective  
8. Elective Coronary Intervention: Indications, Technique and Complications  
9. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Unstable angina  
10. Complex Intervention  
11. Efficacy of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  
12. Peri - Procedural Myocardial Infarction and Emboli Protection  
13. Abrupt Vessel Closure  
14. Catheter - Based Reperfusion for acute Myocardial Infarction  
15. Chronic Total Occlusion  
16. Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Prior Coronary Bypass Surgery  
17. Ostial and bifurcation lesions  
18. Long Lesions and Diffuse Disease  
19. Inflammation and Arterial Injury  
20. Animal Models of Human Coronary Restenosis  
21. Restenosis: The Clinical Issues  
22. Approach to Restotic Lesions  
23. Surgical Standby for Percutaneous Intervention  
24. Interventional Vascular Procedures in the Peripheral, renal, Visceral and Extracranial Circulation  
25. Coronary Atherectomy: Directional and Extraction Techniques  
26. Rotoblation 
27. Stents: Technique and Adjunctive Therapy  
28. Stents: The Menu  
29. Stents: Indications and Limitations  
30. Coated Stents and Local Drug Delivery for the Prevention of Restenosis  
31. Laser 
32. Ultrasound Angioplasty  
33. Radiation for Restenosis  
34. Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularization  
35. Angiogenesis 
36. Percutaneous Bypass Surgery  
37. Percutaneous Vascular Hemostatis Devices for Arterial Sealing after Interventional Procedures  
 
Section III: Bacterial, Protozoal and Arthropod Infections  
 
38. Interventional Approaches to the Introduction of Genetic Material into the Cardiovascular System  
39. Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography  
40. Intracoronary Doppler and Pressure Monitoring  
41. Percutaneous Coronary Angioscopy  
42. Intravascular Ultrasound  
 
Section IV: Valvuloplasty, Congenital and Pericardial Heart Disease  
 
43. Mitral Valvuloplasty  
44. Advances in Percutaneous Aortic and Mitral Valvuloplasty  
45. Congenital Heart Disease  
46. Percutaneous Balloon Percardiotomy for Patients with Pericardial, Effusion and Tamponade  
47. Catheter Based Treatment for Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive  
 
Section V: Outcome Effectiveness of Interventional Cardiology  
 
48. Medical Economics and Interventional Cardiology  
49. Quality of Care in Interventional Cardiology  
50. Training, Credentialing and Guidelines  
 
 
Section VI: Emerging Technologies  
 
 
51. Device Genomics  
52. Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease  
53. Detection of Vulnerable Plaque