ABSTRACT

Since the first edition of this text was published, endovascular technique has become a mainstay of vascular care, treating disease that would have previously required open surgery. This book provides a step-by-step approach to endovascular intervention and aims to assist clinicians in the development and refinement of skills that are now essential

part I|1 pages

Catheter and guidewire skills

chapter 1|4 pages

Case preparation

chapter 2|19 pages

Safe and strategic vascular access

chapter 3|8 pages

Sheath access

chapter 4|12 pages

Guidewire skills

chapter 6|9 pages

Handling catheters

chapter 7|13 pages

Guidewire and catheter passage

chapter 8|11 pages

Imaging: The key to success

chapter 9|24 pages

Selective catheterization

chapter 10|9 pages

Principles of arteriography

chapter 11|16 pages

Arteriography of the vascular beds

part II|1 pages

Endovascular therapy

chapter 12|4 pages

Endovascular workshop

chapter 13|4 pages

Medications for endovascular therapy

chapter 14|13 pages

Access for endovascular therapy

chapter 16|19 pages

Crossing challenging lesions

chapter 19|31 pages

Stents, covered stents, stent–grafts

chapter 20|17 pages

Other devices and how to use them

part III|1 pages

Therapy in specific vascular beds