Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Cardiovascular Intervention: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of catheterization of the heart and vasculature and the latest imaging technologies. This practical reference on interventional cardiology is organized from a procedural perspective, with chapters focused exclusively on how to manage complex cardiovascular disease. Now fully updated from cover to cover, the 2nd Edition offers authoritative and current point-of-care coverage of this highly complex, technology-driven specialty—an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of experience.

Section I: Interventional Cardiology

1. The Birth of Interventional Cardiology

2. Guidelines and Appropriateness Criteria for Interventional Cardiology

3. Vascular Access and Closure

4. Pharmacotherapy in the Modern Interventional Suite

5. Hemodynamic Support During High Risk PCI

6. Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

7. Contrast Selection

Section II: Coronary Artery Intervention

8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Unprotected Left Main Disease

9. Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: Rationale, Technique and Clinical Outcomes

10. Bifurcations

11. Bypass Graft Interventions

12. Calcified Lesions

13. Treatment of In-stent Restenosis

14. Management of Thrombotic Lesions

15. Fractional Flow Reserve

16. Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging

17. Optical Coherence Tomography

Section III: Peripheral Artery Intervention

18. Intervention for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

19. Upper Extremity Intervention

20. Renal Artery Intervention: Catheter-Based Therapy for Renal Artery Stenosis

21. Mesenteric Artery Intervention: Catheter-Based Therapy for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia

22. Renal Denervation

23. Endovascular Management of Aortic and Thoracic Aneurysms

Section IV: Cerebrovascular Intervention

24. Carotid and Vertebral Intervention

25. Intracranial Intervention and Acute Stroke

Section V: Venous Intervention

26. Interventional Management of Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

27. Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

28. Hemodialysis Access Intervention

Section VI: Structural Heart Intervention

29. Aortic Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

30. Transcatheter Mitral Valve and Tricuspid Valve Intervention

31. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

32. Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Defect, Left Atrial Appendage, and Ventricular Septal Defect Closure

33. Interventions for Advanced Heart Failure

34. Endomyocardial Biopsy

35. Pericardiocentesis and Pericardial Intervention

Section VII: Congenital Heart Disease

36. Congenital Heart Disease