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SECTION I PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTION
1 Role of Platelet Inhibitor Agents in Coronary Artery Disease
2 Anticoagulants and Their Use in Acute Coronary Syndromes
3 Effects of Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Nitrates, and Magnesium in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina Pectoris
4 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition
5 Thrombolytic Intervention
6 Hypolipidemic intervention and Plaque Stabilization
SECTION II CORONARY AND PERIPHERAL INTERVENTION: KEY APPLICATIONS
Coronary and Peripheral Angioplasty: Historical Perspective
Elective Coronary Angioplasty: Technique and Complications
Abrupt Vessel Closure
Complex and Multivessel Treatment
1 Efficacy of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Randomized Trials of Myocardial Revascularization
2 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for lJ ilstable Angina
3 Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction
4 Catheter-Based Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction
5 (chronic Total Occlusion
6 Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Prior Coronary Bypass Surgery
Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions
Long Lesions and Diffuse Disease
Restenosis: Involvement of Growth Factors and Cytokines
Animal Models of Human Coronary Restenosis
Restenosis: The Clinical Issues
David]. Moliterno Robert M. Califf Approach to Restenotic Lesions
Site-Specific Therapy for the Prevention of Restenosis
b The Pathology of Various Mechanical Interventional Procedures and Devices
Surgical Standby for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Angioplasty and Interventional Vascular Procedures in the Peripheral, Renal, Visceral, and Extracranial Circulation
7 Coronary Atherectomy: Directional and Extraction Techniques
8 Rotational Atherectomy
9 Stents: The Menu
10 Stent Anticoagulation and Technique
11 Stents: Indications and Limitations
12 Laser
13 Ultrasound Angioplasty
14 A Radiation
15 Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularization and Angiogenesis
16 Genetic Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease
17 Percutaneous Vascular Hemostasis Devices for Arterial Sealing After Interventional Procedures
ECTION III EVALUATION OF CORONARY NTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
18 Interventional Approaches to the Introduction of Genetic Material into the Cardiovascular System
19 Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography
20 Intracoronary Doppler and Pressure Monitoring
21 Coronary Angioscopy
22 Intravascular Ultrasound
ECTION IV ALVULOPLASTY, CONGENITAL AND PERICARDIAL HEART DISEASE
SECTION V OUTCOME EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Index