With two new editors and hundreds of new questions, this comprehensive new edition of 1133 Questions: An Interventional Cardiology Board Review, continues to serve as the perfect study aid for anyone taking the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) interventional cardiology board exam, either for the first time or to recertify. You’ll have everything you need—detailed answers and explanations for each question and plenty of relevant images—to pass the exam and improve your ability to provide effective and evidence-based patient care.
Packed with questions and answers to prepare for ABIM certification and maintenance of certification (MOC) exams in interventional cardiology.
Practice questions directly align with the content of actual exams.
Nearly half of the practice questions are new and reflect recent advancements, including the latest catheterization-based techniques for treating heart disease.
Incorporates updated clinical guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.
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Author(s): Leslie Cho MD, David Moliterno, Richard Lange, Saurav Chatterjee, Debabrata Mukherjee M.D.
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: LWW
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 901
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Contents......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 19
42 Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking Strategies......Page 0
1 Vascular Biology......Page 30
2 Anatomy and Physiology......Page 49
3 Principles of Radiation Use, Protection, and Basic Physics Concepts......Page 69
4 Inflammation and Arterial Injury......Page 92
5 Antiplatelet, Antithrombotic, and Thrombolytic Agents......Page 109
6 Pharmacogenomics and Drug—Drug Interactions......Page 121
7 Antiarrhythmics, Sedatives, and Lipid-Lowering Agents......Page 138
8 Inotropes, Vasopressors, and Vasodilators......Page 149
9 Guide Catheter Selection for Coronary Interventions......Page 160
10 Intravascular Contrast Agents......Page 202
11 Elective Coronary Intervention......Page 213
12 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes......Page 232
13 Primary, Rescue, and Facilitated Angioplasty......Page 254
14 Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction, Emboli Protection, and Mechanical Thrombectomy......Page 275
15 Chronic Total Occlusions......Page 286
16 Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions......Page 297
17 Long Lesions and Diffuse Disease......Page 329
18 Restenosis and Percutaneous Options......Page 340
19 Orbital and Rotational Atherectomy, Cutting and Scoring Balloon Angioplasty, and Laser......Page 362
20 Stents and Stent Thrombosis......Page 378
21 Drug-Eluting Stents and Local Drug Delivery for the Prevention of Restenosis......Page 410
22 Percutaneous Interventions in Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Grafts......Page 431
23 Vascular Closure and Devices......Page 456
24 Management of Intraprocedural and Postprocedural Complications......Page 470
25 Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography......Page 491
26 Intracoronary Doppler and Pressure Monitoring......Page 503
27 Intravascular Ultrasound......Page 519
28 Approach to Patients with Hemodynamic Compromise......Page 552
29 Peripheral Interventional Procedures......Page 571
30 Cerebrovascular Interventions......Page 596
31 Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Valve Repair and Replacement......Page 613
32 Adult Congenital Heart Disease......Page 634
33 Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect Closure......Page 667
34 Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy for Patients with Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade......Page 686
35 Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Prevention of Stroke......Page 701
36 Chronic Stable Angina: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines......Page 724
37 Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from the AHA/ACC Guidelines......Page 743
38 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidelines......Page 763
39 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: ACC/AHA Guidelines......Page 780
40 Ethical Issues and Risks Associated with Catheterization and Interventional Procedures......Page 805
41 Statistics Related to Interventional Cardiology Procedures......Page 821
42 Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking Strategies......Page 836
Index......Page 851
