This user-friendly review question book is geared to interventional cardiology board candidates either for initial certification or recertification. It contains 900 questions in the same proportion as the actual exam to ensure highly targeted, high-yield preparation. Answers with brief explanations and references are included. Indications for particular proceduresa major focus of the board examare integrated throughout the text, particularly in the context of ACC/AHA guidelines.
More than 250 angiograms and other illustrations reinforce key concepts. Separate chapters cover ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention, chronic stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, and ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A chapter on test-taking is also included.
Vascular Biology Pedro R. Moreno Anatomy and Physiology Richard A.
Lange and L. David Hillis Radiation Safety, Equipment, and Basic Concepts
John C. Gurley Inflammation and Arterial Injury Christopher J. Sarnowski
and Harold Dauerman Antiplatelet, Antithrombotic, and Thrombolytic Agents
David Moliterno Antiarrhythmics, Lipid-Lowering Agents, Sedating Agents,
and Local Anesthetic Agents J. Jeffrey Marshall and David Moliterno
Guiding Catheter Selection for Coronary Interventions Bruce E. Lewis and
Dominique Joyal Intravascular Contrast Agents Thomas T. Tsai and
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu Elective Coronary Intervention Douglas A.
Morrison PCI for Acute Coronary Syndromes Christopher Walters and Steven
R. Steinhubl Primary, Rescue, and Facilitated Angioplasty Neal Kleiman
Peri-Procedural Myocardial Infarction and Emboli Protection Telly A.
Meadows and Deepak L. Bhatt Chronic Total Occlusions David E. Kandzari
Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions Antonio Colombo Long Lesions and Diffuse
Disease Joel A. Garcia and Ivan P. Casserly Restenosis and Percutaneous
Options Craig R. Narins Atherectomy, Rotablation, and Laser Robert J.
Applegate Stents Stephen G. Ellis Drug-Eluting Stents and Local Drug
Delivery for the Prevention of Restenosis Peter Wenaweser and Bernhard
Meier Percutaneous Interventions in Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Grafts
(SVG) Christophe A. Wyss and Marco Roffi Closure Devices Chris Bajzer
Management of Intraprocedural and Post-Procedural Complications Ferdinand
Leya Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography Sorin J. Brener
Interventional Coronary Physiology Morton J. Kern Intravascular
Ultrasound Hussam Hamdalla and Khaled M. Ziada Approach to Patient with
Hemodynamic Compromise Zoran S. Nedeljkovic and Alice K. Jacobs
Peripheral Interventional Procedures Matthew C. Becker and Samir Kapadia
Cerebrovascular Interventions Nezar Falluji and Debabrata Mukherjee
Valvuloplasty and Percutaneous Valve Replacement Thomas Gehrig and Thomas
Bashore Congenital Heart Disease John Lynn Jeffries, Michael R. Nihill,
and Alan Nugent PFO and ASD Howard C. Hermann Percutaneous Balloon
Percardiotomy for Patients with Pericardial, Effusion, and Tamponade Andrew
O. Maree and Igor F. Palacios Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy E. Murat Tuzcu Chronic Stable Angina: ACC/AHA
Guidelines Bernard Gersh and Paul Sorajja Practice Guidelines in Non-ST
Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Juhana Karha and Eric Topol
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: ACC/AHA Guidelines 2005 Leslie Cho
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: ACC/AHA Guidelines Ann O'Connor and
David P. Faxon Ethical Issues and Risks Associated with Diagnostic and
Therapeutic Techniques Christopher Walters and David C. Booth Statistics
Related to Interventional Cardiology Procedures Robert A. Harrington and
Karen S. Pieper Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking
Strategies Joseph Babb
