Complications of Cardiovascular Procedures provides interventional cardiologists, endovascular interventionalists, and physicians in training with a comprehensive resource on the prevention and management of complications in interventional cardiology. The book focuses specifically on risk factors, prevention, and management with conventional and/or with bailout techniques and devices. It includes many images of common and rare complications and of devices.

The first section, on general principles, includes quality assurance, training requirements, legal considerations, adjunctive pharmacotherapy, and conscious sedation. Subsequent sections cover general complications of invasive procedures and complications of specific coronary interventions, noncoronary cardiac interventions, peripheral vascular procedures, pediatric interventions, and electrophysiology procedures.

A companion website includes videos of over 30 complications and bailout techniques.

Section 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1: Risk Assessment

2: Quality Assurance and Reporting

3: Legal Considerations: Informed Consent and Disclosure Practices

4: Training and Facility Development

5: When Should a Procedure Not be Done

6: Adjunctive Pharmacology (Benefits and Complications)

7: Moderate Sedation in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures

Section 2: SYSTEMIC AND LOCAL COMPLICATIONS OF INVASIVE PROCEDURES IN GENERAL

8: Predicting and Avoiding Death, Emergency Surgery, and Other Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

9: Stroke and Neurovascular Rescue

10: Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction

11: Cardiac Arrhythmias Complicating Interventional Procedures

12: Infection

13: Complications of Contrast Agents (Including Allergic Reactions)

14: Local Arterial/Venous Access Site Complications

Section 3: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

15: Coronary Dissection, Side Branch Occlusion, and Abrupt Closure

16: Coronary Perforation, Aneurysm Formation, Covered Stents, and Coil Embolization

17: No-Reflow, Distal Embolization, and Embolic Protection

18: Retained Devices: Embolization, Guidewire Fracture, and Device Entrapment

Section 4: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF NONCORONARY CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS

19: Transseptal Puncture, Septostomy, LV Puncture

20: Valvuloplasty

21: Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

22: Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale

23: Pericardiocentesis and Pericardiotomy

24: Circulatory Support

25: Alcohol Septal Ablation

Section 5: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES

26: Carotid Stenting and Intracranial Interventions

27: Aortic Endovascular Grafting

28: Peripheral Vascular Interventions

29: Inferior Vena Cava Filters

Section 6: SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONS

30: Cardiac Catheterization in Children

31: Valvuloplasty, Angioplasty, and Stent Placement in Children

32: VSD, PDA, Fen Fontan, AV Fistula

Section 7: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES

33: Implantable Devices

34: Catheter Ablation