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First Edition: 2017

Chairman Cardiovascular Sciences and Chief of Cardiology

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

New Delhi, India

Director of Cardiology

Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Director

Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories

Apollo Hospital

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Executive Director and Dean, Cardiac Sciences

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

New Delhi, India

Professor and Head

Department of Cardiology

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

New Delhi, Indiafm6

Perhaps no other discipline in medicine has seen such galloping strides as the field of interventional cardiology has. So fast is the evolution of the technology that it is difficult to keep pace with it. By the time you follow the recommended guidelines, the guidelines become obsolete in the light of new knowledge. Interventions in chronically occluded vessels, development of bioabsorbable stents—a new era, and intravascular imaging have changed the pattern of our practice.

The purpose of this update in interventional cardiology is manifold. It attempts at providing clear understanding of techniques from basic to beyond—to lay down principles that could allow the highest standards of safety and efficacy; to provide complete comprehensive run-down on any particular subject is beyond the scope of this book. What we have attempted is to emphasize the key points encompassing tips and tricks to fine-tune the skills of an interventional cardiologist.

With chapters on complications and high-risk PCI, the authors hope to provide wherewithal to bail out of a dreadful situation. The authors have poured in their years of experience to familiarize the reader with several practical methods of performing and troubleshooting the usual and unusual situations in the cathlab. In nutshell, the book will help in decision-making and executing the decisions in the cathlab.

This book has been possible with collaborative support of my co-editors and contributors. I hope the book empowers an interventionist with knowledge that would eventually acquire success, safety and efficacy while attempting the entire gambit of interventional procedures.

This book is a culmination of consolidated efforts of a number of people. The most important ones are the contributors. Each one has made an outstanding contribution in their field, and despite their busy schedule, they have accepted our invitation and spared no efforts to come out with most illustrious and outstanding articles. We wish to deeply acknowledge their contribution from the bottom of our hearts.

Our sincerest thanks to the Directors of India Live, Dr Ashok Seth, Dr Upendra Kaul, Dr Mathew Samuel Kalarickal, and Dr Vinay K Bahl. Without their continuous encouragement and support, this task would not have been possible.

Several other members of our team have put in incessant efforts in correspondence, communication and synchronization amongst the various authors. Special mention for Mrs Kirti Talawadekar. Without her sincere efforts, the book would not have seen the light of the day within the specified time limit.

We would also thank the Jaypee Brothers Publishers team, especially Mr Sabarish Menon and Ms Kritika Dua for their continuous support and helping us in every way for timely publication of this book.