Manual of coronary chronic total occlusion interventions : a step-by-step approach /

"Manual of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions: A Step-by-Step Approach is a practical, easy to read reference for coronary chronic total occlusion interventions (CTO). Written by recognized national and international experts in the field, this reference compiles the steps necessary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brilakis, Emmanouil S. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Coronary heart disease > Surgery. Arterial occlusions. Coronary Occlusion > surgery Coronary Vessels > surgery Vascular Surgical Procedures > methods Arterial Occlusive Diseases Artères > Obstruction. HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General. MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL > Diseases. MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL > Internal Medicine. Coronary heart disease > Surgery Arterial occlusions Surgery & Anesthesiology. Health & Biological Sciences. Surgery - General and By Type. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

CTO interventions : definition, prevalence, indications, guidelines
Equipment
The basics : timing, dual injection, studying the lesion, access, anticoagulation, guide support, trapping
Antegrade wire escalation : the foundation of CTO pci
Antegrade dissection/re-entry
The retrograde approach
Putting it all together : the "hybrid" approach
"Balloon uncrossable" CTOs
"Balloon undilatable" CTOs
Radiation management during CTO PCI
Stenting of CTO lesions
Complications
How to build a successful CTO program
Equipment commonly utilized in CTO interventions
Commonly used acronyms in CTO interventions.