It combines a critical review of the key studies that are the foundation of evidence-based medicine with the so-called 'technology of experience.'

Primary Angioplasty puts the pathophysiologic and clinical aspects of AMI and reperfusion in an interventional perspective, highlighting the rationale for the best interventional approach to the patient with AMI.

Primary Angioplasty presents a comprehensive review of direct angioplasty and stenting supported by a full description of cases representing different angiographic and clinical patient subsets.

The innovative format includes four sections based on clinical, technical, procedural, and logistic aspects of mechanical intervention for AMI.

Primary Angioplasty may be read in a conventional way, from beginning to end, or alternatively, starting from one of the four sections, and then following all possible sequences for the remaining three sections.

Contents:

1. The clinical perspective
   1. Pathophysiological basics of acute myocardial infarction
   2. Major subgroups at presentation

2. The technical perspective
   3. Techniques
   4. Platelet glycoproteins IIb/IIIa inhibitors
   5. Mechanical support

3. The vessel perspective
   6. Right coronary artery (RCA)
   7. Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
   8. Left circumflex artery (LCX)
   9. Left main trunk (LMT)
   10. Multivessel coronary intervention

4. The efficacy perspective
   11. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in the 'real world'
   12. Assessment of myocardial reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction
   13. The concepts of rescue and facilitated percutaneous intervention in perspective