The 6th Edition, by Drs. Eric Topol and Paul S. Teirstein, offers you comprehensive, seasoned clinical advice on all aspects of this rapidly evolving subspecialty. You'll find balanced, expert perspectives on the scientific and clinical advances established over the last few decades so you can better decide which procedures deliver optimal results in any given situation. An updated look at promising new techniques like transcatheter aortic valve implantation; new interventional approaches for left mainstem disease and thrombus-containing lesions; transradial intervention; and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Get the guidance needed with Topol - the expert-edited reference that combines the latest procedures and devices with proven scientific and clinical knowledge.

Individualized assessment for percutaneous or surgical revascularization -- Evidence-based interventional practice -- Diabetes -- Prior evaluation: functional testing, multidetector CT -- Contrast-induced acute kidney injury and the role of chronic kidney disease in PCI -- Preoperative coronary intervention -- Gender and ethnicity issues in percutaneous coronary interventions -- Platelet inhibitor agents -- Anticoagulation in percutaneous coronary intervention -- Lipid lowering in coronary artery disease -- Thrombolytic intervention -- Other adjunctive drugs for coronary intervention: Ç-blockers, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors -- Bare metal and drug-eluting coronary stents -- Drug-coated balloons -- History of coronary balloon angioplasty and current indications -- Elective intervention for stable angina or silent ischemia -- Intervention for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes -- Percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction -- Interventions in cardiogenic shock -- Bifurcations and branch vessel stenting -- Small vessel and diffuse disease -- Percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis -- Complex and multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention -- Chronic total occlusion -- Bypass graft intervention -- The thrombus-containing lesion -- Complications of percutaneous coronary intervention -- Periprocedural myocardial infarction and embolism protection devices -- Access management and closure devices -- Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention for major reduction of bleeding complications. The role of the cardiac surgeon -- Restenosis -- Bioabsorbable stents -- Role of adjunct devices: cutting balloon, laser, ultrasound, and atherectomy -- Support devices for high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions -- Regional centers of excellence for the care of patients with acute ischemic heart disease -- Lower extremity interventions -- Upper extremities and aortic arch -- Carotid and cerebrovascular intervention -- Chronic mesenteric ischemia: diagnosis and intervention -- Renal artery stenosis -- Aortic vascular interventions (thoracic and abdominal) -- Venous interventions -- Stroke centers and interventional cardiology -- Imaging for intracardiac interventions -- Percutaneous closure of patient foramen ovale and atrial septal defect -- Left atrial appendage closure and stroke: local device therapy for cardioembolic stroke protection -- Mitral valvuloplasty -- Percutaneous mitral valve repair -- Trans-catheter aortic valve interventions: from balloon aortic valvuloplasty to trans-catheter aortic valve implantation -- Pulmonary and tricuspid valve interventions -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for patients with pericardial effusion and tamponade -- Transcatheter therapies for congenital heart disease -- Stem cell therapy for ischemic heart disease -- Qualitative and quantitative coronary angiograpy -- Intracoronary pressure and flow measurement -- Intravascular ultrasound -- High-risk vulnerable plaques: definition, diagnosis, and treatment -- Optical coherence tomography -- Medical economics in interventional cardiology -- Quality of care in interventional cardiology -- Volume and outcome.