Interventional Cardiology and Angiology

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Current and future techniques in interventional cardiology and angiology....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Long wire technique for coronary angioplasty — the Frankfurt experience....Pages 7-12
Advances in x-ray equipment — digital subtraction angiography with on-line quantification....Pages 13-19
Myocardial release of lactate, hypoxanthine, and urate during and following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Potential mechanism for the generation of free radicals....Pages 21-31
Adenosine production during balloon-induced ischemia....Pages 33-41
Can one predict reversibility of regional ventricular dysfunction?....Pages 43-48
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Quantitative and qualitative morphological changes during intraoperative balloon valvuloplasty....Pages 49-56
What can we learn from classical operative techniques for valvular balloon dilatation?....Pages 57-70
Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty of aortic stenosis in 110 consecutive patients....Pages 71-77
Balloon aortic valvuloplasty in adults: report of 78 consecutive patients....Pages 79-87
Experience with mitral valvuloplasty....Pages 89-94
Assessment of left ventricular function during aortic balloon valvuloplasty by transesophageal echocardiography....Pages 95-100
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Percutaneous transluminal atherectomy of the peripheral and coronary arteries....Pages 101-107
Histological findings from “atherectomy” specimens....Pages 109-113
Cell culture of human atheromatous plaque material....Pages 115-125
Low-speed rotational angioplasty — clinical results in 53 patients with chronic occlusions....Pages 127-135
Laser angioplasty: 1988....Pages 137-146
Intraoperative coronary laser angioplasty — first clinical experiences with a new method....Pages 147-151
Laser angioplasty of iliac and femoropopliteal obstructive lesions....Pages 153-161
Radiofrequency coronary angioplasty in patients with coronary artery disease — a new method for treatment of coronary artery stenoses....Pages 163-168
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Angioscopy in the evaluation of interventional cardiovascular procedures....Pages 169-173
Progress in intravascular real-time cross-sectional ultrasonic imaging at the Thoraxcenter....Pages 175-182
Current status of intracoronary stents....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Cardiac tachyarrhythmias: alternatives to medical treatment....Pages 191-196
Catheter ablation: the state of the art....Pages 197-204
Preoperative and intraoperative mapping in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia....Pages 205-208
Surgical therapy of ventricular tachycardia....Pages 209-214
Interventional cardiology today....Pages 215-217
Back Matter....Pages 218-218