This user-friendly review question book is geared to interventional cardiology board candidates either for initial certification or recertification.

Features:

• contains 900 questions in the same proportion as the actual exam to ensure highly targeted, high-yield preparation
• answers with brief explanations and references are included
• indications for particular procedures—a major focus of the board exam—are integrated throughout the text, particularly in the context of ACC/AHA guidelines
• more than 250 angiograms and other illustrations reinforce key concepts
• separate chapters cover ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention, chronic stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, and ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• a chapter on test-taking is also included

Contents

1. Vascular Biology
2. Anatomy and Physiology
3. Radiation Safety, Equipment, and Basic Concepts
4. Inflammation and Arterial Injury
5. Antiplatelet, Antithrombotic, and Thrombolytic Agents
6. Inotropes, Antiarrhythmics, Sedatives, and Lipid-Lowering Agents
7. Guiding Catheter Selection for Coronary Interventions
8. Intravascular Contrast Agents
9. Elective Coronary Intervention
10. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes
11. Primary, Rescue, and Facilitated Angioplasty
12. Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction and Emboli Protection
13. Chronic Total Occlusions
14. Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions
15. Long Lesions and Diffuse Disease
16. Restenosis and Percutaneous Options
17. Atherectomy, Rotablation, and Laser
18. Stents
19. Drug-Eluting Stents and Local Drug Delivery for the Prevention of Restenosis
20. Percutaneous Interventions in Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Grafts (SVG)
21. Closure Devices
22. Management of Intraprocedural and Post-Procedural Complications
23. Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography
24. Interventional Coronary Physiology
25. Intravascular Ultrasound
26. Approach to Patient with Hemodynamic Compromise
27. Peripheral Interventional Procedures
28. Cerebrovascular Interventions
29. Valvuloplasty and Percutaneous Valve Replacement
30. Congenital Heart Disease
31. Patient Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect
32. Percutaneous Balloon Percardiotomy for Patients with Pericardial, Effusion, and Tamponade
33. Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
34. Chronic Stable Angina: ACC/AHA Guidelines
35. Practice Guidelines in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: ACC/AHA Guidelines 2005
37. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: ACC/AHA Guidelines
38. Ethical Issues and Risks Associated with Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques
39. Statistics Related to Interventional Cardiology Procedures
40. Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking Strategies

Index

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