Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Part I. Accessing the Heart

1. Preventing and Treating Vasovagal Reactions
Andreas S. Kalogeropoulos, Alistair Lindsay

2. Difficulty Gaining Femoral Access
Percy P. Jokhi

3. Difficulty Gaining Radial Access
Will T. Roberts, James Nolan

4. Preventing and Treating Radial Spasm
Damian J. Kelly

5. Radial Approach: Negotiating Difficult Subclavians and Dilated Aortic Roots
M. Adnan Nadir, James Nolan

6. Unable to Intubate the Left Coronary System
Nick Curzen, Andrew Whittaker

7. Unable to Intubate the Right Coronary Artery
Nick Curzen, Andrew Whittaker

8. Unable to Find and Intubate Grafts
Gopal Dubey, Manoj Bhandari

9. Unable to Access the Pulmonary Artery
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Anselm Uebing

Part II. Diagnostic Angiography Complications

10. Managing Periprocedural Chest Pain
Scott W. Murray

11. Left Main Stem Stenosis: How to Proceed
Javaid Iqbal, Julian Gunn

12. Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation
Sirohi Rohit, Kamal Chitkara

13. Aortic Dissection and Injury
Virag Kushwaha, Daniel Blackman

14. Acute Onset Hypotension
Virag Kushwaha, Daniel Blackman

15. Coronary Spasm
Eduardo Alegría-Barrero, Rodrigo Teijeiro-Mestre

16. Pulmonary Oedema
Eduardo Alegria-Barrero, Miguel A. San-Martin

17. Coronary Dissection
Nikesh Malik, Claire E. Raphael, Anthony H. Gershlick

18. Coronary Air Embolism
Damian J. Kelly

19. Ventricular Perforation
Juan F. Iglesias, Didier Locca

20. Periprocedural Stroke
Stephen H. Dorman

Part III. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Complications

21. Removal of Retained Equipment
Ben Wrigley, Ömer Goktekin, Ibrahim Shah, Alistair Lindsay

22. No-Reflow Phenomenon
Ismail Dogu Kilic, Roberta Serdoz, Carlo Mario, Tito Kabir

23. Tackling Calcified Lesions
Allesio Mattesini, Carlo Mario

24. Coronary Rupture
Percy P. Jokhi

25. Cardiac Tamponade
Percy P. Jokhi

26. Bifurcations: Tips and Tricks
Gill Louise Buchanan, Alaide Chieffo

27. Distal Wire Perforation
Percy P. Jokhi

28. Stent Embolization
Daniel A. Jones, Sean M. Gallagher, Elliot J. Smith

29. Complications of Rotablation
Sean M. Gallagher, Daniel A. Jones, Elliot J. Smith

30. Stent Fracture and Longitudinal Stent Compression
Mamas A. Mamas, Douglas G. Fraser

Part IV. Access Site and Other Complications

31. Risk Management of Femoral Arterial Access-Related Complications in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Gopal Dubey, Kamal Chitkara

32. Iliofemoral Artery Dissection, Rupture, or Distal Ischaemia
Stephen H. Dorman

33. Postprocedural Renal Impairment
Carlo Briguori, Michael Donahue

34. Arterial Injury During Radial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Suresh Krishnamoorthy, James Nolan

35. Coil Embolization: How, When and Why
Ashan Gunarathne, Anthony H. Gershlick

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Interventional Radiology