Bernhard Meier 
Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology 

Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses
the questions which challenge clinicians involved with
interventional procedures. Helpfully organized into four sections,
the text addresses; coronary artery disease, non-coronary
interventions, left ventricular failure and the latest advances in
imaging technologies, and provides authoritative guidance on the
current recommendations for best practice.

Containing contributions from an international team of opinion
leaders, this new book reviews the key advances in equipment,
techniques and therapeutics and is an accessible reference
for all hospital-based specialists.

Tabla de materias

Part I Coronary artery disease.

· Acute coronary syndrome – Marco Roffi, Zurich,
Switzerland, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Geneva,
Switzerland.

· Modern coronary stenting – Stéphane
Cook/Stephan Windecker, Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland.

– DES.

– Passive modern stents.

– Late thrombosis.

– Stenting of nonsignificant lesions (plaque sealing).

– Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery.

– Bioactive stents.

· Chronic total occlusion – Yaron Almagor,
Jerusalem, Israel.

· Nonrevascularization therapy – Jean-Paul Schmid,
Bern, Switzerland.

– Shock wave therapy.

– Spinal stimulation.

– Coronary sinus restriction.

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Part II Noncoronary interventions.

· Percutaneous valve replacement or repair –
Hélène Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France.

· PFO closure – Bernhard Meier, Bern
Switzerland.

· ASD and VSD closure – tentatively: David Hildick
Smith, London, UK.

· Carotid angioplasty – Sri Iyer, New York,
USA.

· Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy –
Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland.

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Part III Treatment of left ventricular failure.

· Biventricular pacing – Etienne Delacrétaz,
Bern Switzerland.

· Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices –
Pim de Feyter, Rotterdam, NL .

· Stem cell therapy – Andreas Zeiher, Frankfurt,
Germany.

· Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions –
Roger Hullin, Bern, Switzerland.

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Part IV Cardiovascular imaging.

· Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up
– Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany.

· Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and
interventional guidance – Andreas Wahl, Bern,
Switzerland.

· Optical coherence tomography (OCT) –
Jean-François Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland.

· Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) – Peter J.
Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA

Sobre el autor

Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC

Professor and Chairman

Department of Cardiology

University Hospital

3010 Bern

Switzerland