Invasive cardiology : current diagnostic and therapeutic issues / edited by George W. Vetrovec and Blase A. Carabello.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Chapter. 1. Angiographic Contrast Agents: Current Issues / Jeffrey A. Brinker
Chapter. 2. Configuring the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for the 1990s / Thomas M. Bashore, Jack T. Cusma, Donald F. Fortin and Kenneth G. Morris
Chapter. 3. The Hemodynamic Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis: New Insights and Issues / Blase A. Carabello
Chapter. 4. Invasive and Noninvasive Assessment of Ventricular and Valvular Function / Geoffrey A. Rose and Arthur E. Weyman
Chapter. 5. Difficult Hemodynamic Interpretations / Morton J. Kern
Chapter. 6. Can Coronary Angiography Define the Extent and Morphology of Coronary Disease and Predict the Site of a Subsequent Myocardial Infarction? / William C. Little, Robert J. Applegate and Gregory Braden
Chapter. 7. Coronary Angioscopy: Assessment of Lesion Morphology / Christopher J. White and Stephen R. Ramee
Chapter. 8. Newer Approaches to the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease / Mark A. Lawson and Gerald M. Pohost.

Chapter. 9. Perspectives on Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Limitations and Comparison with Surgery;
Chapter. 10. Lesion Morphology and Acute Outcome After Excimer Laser Angioplasty: A Prospective Evaluation;
Chapter. 11. Directional Coronary Atherectomy;
Chapter. 12. The Use of Stents in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease;
Chapter. 13. Thermal Angioplasty;
Chapter. 14. High-Speed Rotational Coronary Atherectomy;
Chapter. 15. Ultrasound Angioplasty;
Chapter. 16. Lesion-Based Device Choices: Defining the Niches;
Chapter. 17. The Pathology of Restenosis;
Chapter 18. Restenosis: Pathophysiology and Rational Approaches to Interventions: Theseus and Minotaur?
Chapter 19. Coronary Resenosis: Insights From Animal Models;

Chapter 20. The Clinical Biology of Restenosis;
Chapter 21. Approach to the High-Risk Interventional Patient;
Chapter 22. Management of Abrupt Closure;
Chapter 23. Management of Cardiogenic Shock;
Chapter 24. State of the Art on Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: What are the Indications for this Treatment in Aortic Stenosis;
Chapter 25. Precutancous Mitral Balloon Commissurotomy for Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis;
Chapter 26. Cardiac Transplant Coronary Artery Disease: Angiography and Interventions;
Chapter 27. Percutaneous Strategies for Management of Angina Pectoris Following Coronary Bypass Surgery;
Chapter 28. Cardiac Catheterization in the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease;
Chapter 29. Therapeutic Catheterization in the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease;
Chapter 30. The Use of Direct Angioplasty in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction;
Chapter 31. Indications For and Timing of Angiography After Thrombolysis;
Chapter 32. Should Everyone Have an Open Artery After Myocardial Infarction? Coronary Angiography: An Intervention Run Amok