Updated yearly, this resource brings you the most current information available on clinical applications, new techniques and procedures in the rapidly changing field of interventional cardiology. It is profusely illustrated with two-colour line drawings, tables and algorithms to make this cutting-edge information accessible at a glance for even the busiest clinician. Each of the topics is given expert assessment by the world's leading authorities.
The Value of Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance in Directional Coronary
Atherectomy. The Status of the ERBAC, STRATAS, And DART Trials.
Atheroablation Prior to Stents. Minimally Traumatic Recanalization of
Atherosclerotic Arteries. The Current Status of Laser Angioplasty Technology.
The Role of Saline Flush in Reducing Collateral Damage During Excimer Laser
Angioplasty. The Multiplex Approach as a Means of Reducing Collateral Damage.
Recanalizatin of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions Using a Laser Guidewire:
a Single-Institution Experience with the Initial 100 Cases. Laser
Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Ultraviolet Light for
Restenosis. Excimer Laser Angioplasty: Results from Recent Randomized
Cliical Trials. Homogenous Light Distribution and High-Density Laser
Techniques in Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty. Recent Advances in the
Development of Platelet GP Iib/Iiia Receptor Antagonists. Structure and
Function of Platelet GP Iib/Iiia Receptors. EPIC, IMPACT II, And EPILOG
Trials: Platelet GP Iib/Iiia Inhibition for Prevention of Ischemic
Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. New Thrombolytic Agents.
Clinical Trials and Future Directions of Thrombolytic Agents. The Current
Role of Antithrombins in Interventional Cardiology. Recent Studies of Hirudin
and Its Analogues, Bivalirudin and Hirugen. Clinical and Experimental Studies
of Newer Antithrombins
