Main description:

This book assembles a distinguished team of international contributors to identify, analyze and collate the research articles that have earned recognition as the defining literature on coronary angioplasty. It is a unique reference, providing not only a single source for reviewing the most important papers in the discipline, but also a critical analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and the impact of each paper on the development of coronary angioplasty.

Contents:

Vascular biology of atherosclerosis.- Quantification of coronary atherosclerosis for cardiovascular risk assessment: the hole in the doughnut?.- Primary angioplasty (PPCI) in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.- Coronary angioplasty for acute coronary syndromes.- High-risk coronary intervention:. a selective literature review of high-risk subsets.- Stenting in coronary angioplasty.- Ancillary techniques in interventional cardiology.- Anti-thrombotic management in interventional cardiology.- Coronary artery bypass grafts in the era of percutaneous coronary angioplasty.- Epilogue.