INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The field of interventional cardiology has evolved since the introduction of balloon angioplasty by Andreas Gruntzig,1 with current high procedural success rates and low attendant periprocedural…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Advances in the catheterizations techniques, stent designs, and pharmacotherapeutics have reduced adverse ischemic event rates such as cardiovascular death, ST (stent thrombosis), recurrent myocardial infarctions, and…
CAROTID ARTERY INTERVENTION Print Section Listen The era of percutaneous or endovascular revascularization techniques was ushered in by Dotter in 1964, and then advanced by Gruentzig with the invention of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) accounts for over 15,000 deaths per year in the United States and is the 10th leading cause of death in…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Coronary artery fistula is defined as any abnormal luminal connection between 1 or both coronary arteries and the cardiac chambers or great vessels.1 Coronary artery fistulae…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Since the time of the first edition of this book by Yeung and King in 2006,1 the practice of peripheral vascular medicine has evolved into a…
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Unintended loss of material during catheter-based cardiovascular procedures is uncommon but may have serious consequences. Occasionally, a lost or embolized item ends up in a small…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Hypertension is a common, modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular mortality. At present, 30% to 40% of adults in developed countries suffer from hypertension.1 When hypertension was…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Over the course of the past decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in closing septal defects percutaneously. To date, there are now percutaneous closure devices…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Clinical benefit from any revascularization procedure will be the net gain due to reperfusion of the ischemic organ balanced against the risk of a procedural complication….
