Publisher's Synopsis
This revised second edition of the text places emphasis on stents - who to stent, when to stent, and how to stent; use of adjunctive pharmacology; and legion specific techniques. Eight new chapters include coverage of revascularization based on patient characteristics; radical approach to coronary intervention; intravascular ultrasound; and local drug delivery. An international survey on interventional cardiology is included - 27 interventionalists from seven countries respond to more than 100 questions about patient triage, technical issues and clinical follow-up.