Handbook of Complications during Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

INTRODUCTION. More Than 25 Years of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions: A Historical Perspective. PATIENT PREPARATION AND SELECTION. Optimal Patient Preparation and Selection to Avoid Complications. Optimal Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy, Prevention and Management of Thrombotic Complications. Femoral Vascular Access and Vascular Bleeding Complications. Specific Complications of the Radial Approach: How to Avoid Them. DURING THE PROCEDURE. Abrupt Vessel Closure and No-Reflow. Management of Stent Loss and Foreign Body Retrieval. Coronary Perforation: Incidence, Predictive Factors, Management and Prevention. DEVICE RELATED COMPLICATIONS. How to Perform Optimal Atherectomy. Embolic Protection Devices and Complications During Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Management and Prevention of Complications During Specific Interventions: Intravascular Ultrasound, Intracoronary Doppler. Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the High-Risk Patient. SPECIFIC ISSUES. How to Prevent and Manage Complications During Primary PCI. Chronic Total Occlusion: Potentials for Serious Adverse Events. Left Main Interventions: Treatment of Serious Potential Complications. Specific Concerns to Improve the Safety of Drug-Eluting Stents. GENERAL ISSUES. The ABC and D of Cardiac Resuscitation in the Cath Lab. Cardiac Arrhythmias Complicating Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Management and Prevention. Renal Complications After Percutaneous Intervention: Cholesterol Embolism and Contrast Nephropathy. NON CORONARY CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS. Complications of Percutaneous Valve Interventions. Complications During Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial and Ventricular Septum Defects. WORDS OF WISDOM. The Ten Commandments for the Young Interventional Cardiologist. Ten Golden Rules for Avoiding Complications During PCI