Overview
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Stéphane Rinfret
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Multidisciplinary Cardiology Department, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, Canada
- A practical and technical handbook providing operators with a step-by-step description of how to perform some of the techniques involved in PCI CTO procedures along with common pitfalls encountered in daily CTO PCI practice
- Formatted specifically for the busy interventional cardiologist
- Provides essential tips and tricks currently used in the field by experienced operators
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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- Dominique Joyal, Samer Mansour
Pages 1-11
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- John J. Graham, Christopher E. Buller
Pages 13-18
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- Stéphane Rinfret, Dimitri Karmpaliotis
Pages 87-131
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- Benjamin Faurie, Stéphane Rinfret
Pages 133-140
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- James Sapontis, Steven P. Marso, William L. Lombardi, J. Aaron Grantham
Pages 141-159
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- Mohamad Lazkani, Ashish Pershad
Pages 161-166
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- Khaldoon Alaswad, Stéphane Rinfret
Pages 167-178
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- Antonis N. Pavlidis, Elliot J. Smith
Pages 179-192
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- Rolf Graning, Tony DeMartini
Pages 193-206
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- Creighton W. Don, William L. Lombardi
Pages 217-222
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- M. Nicholas Burke, Stéphane Rinfret
Pages 223-226
About this book
A practical and technical handbook providing operators with a step-by-step description of how to perform some of the techniques involved in the procedures, and how to troubleshoot some of the problems along the way. Examples with pictures will be provided, along with live angiographies. At the end of each chapter, the author will be provided with 3 questions to answer. Those questions will be developed by the editor and the contributors. The idea is to provide a quick reference to the most current problems encountered with a specific issue developed in the chapter. Nowadays, the busy clinician is unlikely to exclusively rely on lengthy textbooks to learn specific complex techniques. That is one of the reasons for the popularity of CTO courses, live demonstrations, and conferences and, there are consequently many courses offered around the world to help new operators in the field. CTO PCI has emerged as a very effective procedure to help patients with CTOs, with very high success and low complications rates. It is however a very challenging procedure with multiple pitfalls along the way to success, both in specific cases, but also in the learning process. There are currently no single reference or "one-stop shop" for the operator who wants to learn a given technique that he or she may has seen performed live in a dedicated proctorship event, or in a live demonstration, or to even troubleshoot a problem encountered in daily CTO PCI practice. This will be the first handbook formatted for the busy interventional cardiologist. This book will become a “must have” for operators who are practicing CTO PCI and who want a quick reference. However, it will also provide tips and tricks currently used in the field.
Reviews
“It is intended as a reference for the revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTO). The audience includes physicians in training, practicing cardiologists, and researchers who wish to advance their understanding of percutaneous interventions for coronary CTOs. … this is a comprehensive and detailed reference essential for the arsenal for anyone looking to build a CTO program.” (Alban De Schutter, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
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Multidisciplinary Cardiology Department, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, Canada
Stéphane Rinfret
