Cardiac therapy using catheter-based techniques now accounts for more than 10% of the therapeutic procedures performed in cardiac catheterization laboratories today and is rapidly growing in importance. In Interventional Cardiology: Percutaneous Noncoronary Intervention, prominent practitioners and investigators describe all of the methods used to perform noncoronary procedures in interventional cardiology, as well as their results. Major topics of discussion include percutaneous techniques for valvular heart disease, septal defects at both the atrial and ventricular levels, adjunctive therapies during coronary interventions, and angioplasty to treat extracardiac vascular disease, as well as reviews of the cutting-edge imaging modalities now being used in interventional procedures. Among the highlights are a new treatment for aortic stenosis with a stented percutaneously inserted aortic valve, advances in the treatment of regurgitant valvular disease, closure devices for atrial and ventricular septal defects, and new percutaneous mechanical assist devices for myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. An accompanying CD-ROM contains video demonstrations of catheterization and the imaging portions of these procedures.
Authoritative and state-of-the-art, Interventional Cardiology: Percutaneous Noncoronary Intervention defines a new field within interventional cardiology with its comprehensive description of who is suitable for such treatment, how to perform all the nonsurgical treatments for a variety of heart diseases, and how well they work.

Zusammenfassung
A comprehensive survey of nonsurgical treatment for a variety of heart diseases that affect the cardiac valves, the heart muscle, and the structure of the heart. The authors describe who these procedures are useful for, how to do them, and how well they work. Major topics of discussion include percutaneous techniques for valvular heart disease, septal defects at both the atrial and ventricular levels, adjunctive therapies during coronary interventions, and angioplasty to treat extracardiac vascular disease, as well as reviews of the cutting-edge imaging modalities now being used in interventional procedures. An accompanying CD-ROM contains video demonstrations of catheterization and and the imaging portions of these procedures.

Inhalt
Valvular Disease.- Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis.- Balloon Aortic and Pulmonic Valvuloplasty.- Pathophysiology and Percutaneous Coronary Sinus Repair of Mitral Regurgitation.- Percutaneous Coronary Sinus Approach to the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation.- Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair with the Edge-to-Edge Technique.- Percutaneous Valve Insertion for the Treatment of Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis.- Septal Defects.- Patent Foramen Ovale.- CardioSEAL®, CardioSEAL-STARFlex®, and PFO-Star® Closure of PFO.- Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale with the Amplatzer PFO Occluder.- Transcatheter Closure of Atrial-Septal Defects Using the Amplatzer Devices.- An Overview of Device Closure of Ventricular Septal Defects Using the Amplatzer Devices.- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion.- Adjunctive Coronary Interventions.- Devices for Myocardial Preservation.- Percutaneous Mechanical Assist Devices.- Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Myocardial Regeneration.- Peripheral Interventions.- Renal and Iliac Intervention.- Percutaneous Carotid Artery Stenting.- Aortic Stent Grafting.- Associated Imaging Modalities.- Interventional Echocardiography.- 3D Angiography.- Interventional Cardiovascular MRI.