- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication
- Foreword to second edition
- Foreword to first edition
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors to first edition
- Contributors to second edition
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Amendments and Errata
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Cardiac assessment
- Chapter 3 Cardiac investigations
- Chapter 4 Valvular disease
- Chapter 5 Infective endocarditis
- Chapter 6 Coronary heart disease
- Chapter 7 Acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 8 Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease
- Chapter 9 Cardiac surgery
- Chapter 10 Chronic heart failure
- Chapter 11 Bradycardias and blocks
- Chapter 12 Tachycardias
- Chapter 13 Electrophysiology
- Chapter 14 Congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac disorders
- Chapter 15 Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 16 Other cardiac problems
- Chapter 17 Cardiac rehabilitation
- Chapter 18 Cardiovascular emergencies
- Chapter 19 Cardiovascular drugs
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Index
(p. 137) Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease
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- (p. 137) Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease
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- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199651344.003.0008
Interventional cardiology is concerned with a number of invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures including coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary angiography is a definitive test to diagnose the presence of absence of coronary artery disease, in addition to nonatherosclerotic causes of stable angina, such as coronary artery spasm. PCI is a term that collectively describes a group of procedures that aim to restore or improve blood flow to the myocardium following a period of ischaemia or injury and includes: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), intracoronary stenting, coronary atherectomy, and thrombectomy devices. The aim of this chapter is to provide a description, indications, and pre- and postprocedure care related to common diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures. Sheath removal and vascular closure devices are also discussed.
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- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication
- Foreword to second edition
- Foreword to first edition
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors to first edition
- Contributors to second edition
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Amendments and Errata
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Cardiac assessment
- Chapter 3 Cardiac investigations
- Chapter 4 Valvular disease
- Chapter 5 Infective endocarditis
- Chapter 6 Coronary heart disease
- Chapter 7 Acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 8 Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease
- Chapter 9 Cardiac surgery
- Chapter 10 Chronic heart failure
- Chapter 11 Bradycardias and blocks
- Chapter 12 Tachycardias
- Chapter 13 Electrophysiology
- Chapter 14 Congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac disorders
- Chapter 15 Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 16 Other cardiac problems
- Chapter 17 Cardiac rehabilitation
- Chapter 18 Cardiovascular emergencies
- Chapter 19 Cardiovascular drugs
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Index