Table of Contents
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY DESIGN AND DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES
How to Design and Operate a Congenital-Structural Catheterization Laboratory; John P. Cheatham
Operators’ Credentials and Institutional Requirements for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease; Ziyad M. Hijazi and Ted Feldman
Angiography; Lee Benson and Haverj Mikailian
Hemodynamics; Mustafa Al-Qbandi and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Transesophageal 2D and 3D Echocardiographic Guidance; Joseph John Vettukattil
Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE); Damien Kenny, Qi-Ling Cao, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Intracardiac Echocardiography By Ultra ICE; Eustaquio M Onorato, Francesco Casilli, and Mario Zanchetta
Cardiac Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Cath-Lab; Robert Kumar, Vladimir Jelnin, Chad Kliger, and Carlos E. Ruiz
VASCULAR ACCESS
Ultrasound Guidance; Jamie Bentham and Neil Wilson
Percutaneous Transfemoral Access with Big Sheaths; Noa Holoshitz and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Percutaneous Subclavian Access; Christian Frerker, Ulrich Schäfer, and Karl-Heinz Kuck
Access from the Common Carotid Artery; Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys
Transhepatic Access; Makram R. Ebeid
Transseptal Left Heart Catheterization; Guilherme V. Silva and Igor F. Palacios
Percutaneous Transapical Access; Robert Kumar, Chad Kliger, Vladimir Jelnin, and Carlos E. Ruiz
Recanalization Methods for Postcatheter Vessel Occlusion; Frank F. Ing
Transpericardial Access; Randall J. Lee, Krzysztof Bartus, and Nitish Badhwar
Surgical Access (Transapical, Transatrial, Transaortic, Femoral, Subclavian); Mirko Doss
FETAL AND EARLY POSTNATAL INTERVENTIONS
Fetal Cardiac Interventions; Carlos A. C. Pedra, Simone R. F. Fontes Pedra, and C. Fábio A. Peralta
Special Considerations in Small Children and Newborns; Martin B. E. Schneider
VALVES
Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis: Background and Valvuloplasty in Children and Adults; Oleg Reich and Petr Tax
Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis: Special Considerations in Neonates; Alejandro J Torres and William E Hellenbrand
Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly: Background, Indication for Transcatheter Treatment, and Clinical
Trial Results; Sameer Gafoor, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty; John L. Parks and Daniel H. Steinberg
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation—Edwards SAPIEN Valve; Sa’ar Minha, Ron Waksman, and Augusto D. Pichard
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation—CoreValve; Eberhard Grube, Georg Nickenig, Nikos Werner, and Jan-Malte Sinning
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: Valve-Invalve Implantations; Azeem Latib and Antonio Colombo
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: New Percutaneous Aortic Valves; Peter C. Block
Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly: Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve
Implantation; Alexander Ghanem and Eberhard Grube
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Pulmonary Regurgitation—Background, Indications for Treatment, and Clinical Trial Results; Hitesh Agrawal, Damien Kenny, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Pulmonary Valve Stenosis; P. Syamasundar Rao
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Pulmonary Atresia; Zaheer Ahmad, Marhisham Che Mood, and Mazeni Alwi
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Pulmonary Valve in Cyanotic Heart Defects with Pulmonary Oligemia; P. Syamasundar Rao
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation with the Melody Valve;
Sachin Khambadkone and Philipp Bonhoeffer
Pulmonary Valve Disease: Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation with the Edwards Sapien Valve; Noa Holoshitz and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Pulmonary Valve Disease: New Percutaneous Pulmonary Valves; Damien Kenny, Massimo Caputo, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Stenosis: Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty; Igor F. Palacios and Guilherme V. Silva
Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Stenosis: Percutaneous Tricuspid Valvuloplasty; R. Arora
Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Background and Indications for Treatment; Sameer Gafoor, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Mitral Valve Repair with the Mitraclip; Mamoo Nakamura and Saibal Kar
Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Other New Mitral Valve Repair Techniques; Ted Feldman
Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation; Monique Sandhu, David Gregg, and Daniel H. Steinberg
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Background and Indications for Treatment; Alexander Lauten and Hans Reiner Figulla
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Melody Valve in the Tricuspid Position; Phillip Roberts
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Sapien Valve in the Tricuspid Position; Kiran K. Mallula, Damien Kenny, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Percutaneous Caval Stent Valve Implantation for Treatment of Tricuspid Insufficiency; Alexander Lauten and Hans Reiner Figulla
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Catheter Closure of Paravalvular Leaks; Sameer Gafoor, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, Daniel H. Steinberg, Laura Vaskelyte, Ilona Hofmann, and Horst Sievert
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency: Catheter Closure of Perforated Sinus of Valsalva; Prafulla Kerkar and Joseph DeGiovanni
SEPTAL DEFECTS
Atrial Septal Defect: Background and Indications for ASD Closure; John L. Bass
Atrial Septal Defect: Amplatzer-Type ASD Occluders; Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Qi-Ling Cao, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
The Figulla-Occlutech Device; Carlos A. C. Pedra, Simone R. F. Fontes Pedra, Rodrigo N. Costa, and Marcelo S. Ribeiro
The Cera Lifetech Device; Worakan Promphan
ASD-R PFM Device; Miguel A. Granja, Alejandro Peirone, Jesus Damsky Barbosa, Alexandra Heath, and Luis Trentacoste
Cocoon Device; Worakan Promphan
Starway Device; Ting-Liang Liu and Wei Gao
Atrial Septal Defect: Cardia ASD Occluder; Emanuela de Cillis, Tommaso Acquaviva, and Alessandro Santo Bortone
Atrial Septal Defect: Complications of Device Closure of ASDs; Jeremy Asnes and William E. Hellenbrand
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Background, Indications for Closure, and Clinical Trial Results; Daniel H. Steinberg, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Amplatzer-Type PFO Occluders; Bernhard Meier and Fabien Praz
Disorders of the Atrial Septum: Closure with HELEX or Gore Septal Occluder; Matt Daniels and Neil Wilson
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Premere Septal Occluder; Franziska Buescheck and Horst Sievert
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: PFM PFO Occluder; Tina Edwards-Lehr, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, Kristina Renkhoff, and Horst Sievert
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Coherex FlatStent Occluder; Ilona Hofmann, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Patent foramen Ovale Closure: SeptRx Occluder; Katharina Malsch, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Suture-Based PFO Closure; Anthony Nobles
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Other New PFO Closure Techniques; Ilona Hofmann, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: Complications of Device Closure of PFOs; Lutz Buellesfeld and Stephan Windecker
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Background, Indications for Closure, and Clinical Trial Results; Shakeel A. Qureshi and Sebastian Goreczny
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Closure Of Congenital Muscular VSD Using The Amplatzer-
Type Muscular VSD Occluders; Noa Holoshitz, Qi-Ling Cao, and Ziyad M Hijazi
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Closure of Perimembranous VSD Using Amplatzer-Type Occluders; Ting-Liang Liu and Wei Gao
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Closure of Perimembranous VSD Using PFM Coil; Trong-Phi Le
Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Postmyocardial and Postsurgery VSDs; Kevin P. Walsh and Carla Canniffe
AORTOPULMONARY SHUNTS
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): Background and Indications for Closure; Jamie Bentham and Neil Wilson
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): PDA Occlusion with the Amplatzer-Type Devices; Zaheer Ahmad and Mazeni Alwi
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): PDA Occlusion with Coils; R. Krishna Kumar
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): Aortopulmonary Window; Shakeel A. Qureshi
FISTULAS
Systemic Arteriovenous Fistulas; Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas; Miltiadis Krokidis and John Reidy
Coronary Artery Fistulas; Shakeel A. Qureshi
OBSTRUCTIONS
Obstructions of the Inferior and Superior Vena Cava; Marc Gewillig
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction; Jamie Bentham and Neil Wilson
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis; Larry Latson
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis; Lee Benson
Balloon Dilation of Aortic Coarctation and Recoarctation; Rui Anjos and Inês Carmo Mendes
Stenting in Aortic Coarctation and Transverse Arch/Isthmus Hypoplasia; Shakeel A. Qureshi
Middle Aortic Syndrome; Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys and Shakeel A. Qureshi
HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
Catheter Intervention for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy; Stéphane Noble, Haran Burri, and Ulrich Sigwart
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Radio-Frequency Septal Reduction; Joseph DeGiovanni
THORACIC ANEURYSMS
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms; Jose Pablo Morales and John Reidy
HYBRID PROCEDURES
A Hybrid Strategy for The Initial Management of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Technical Consideration; Mark Galantowicz and John P. Cheatham
Alternative Procedures for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome as a Bridge to Transplantation; Ryan R. Davies and Jonathan M. Chen
Intraoperative VSD Device Closure; Damien Kenny, Qi-Ling Cao, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
Intraoperative Stent Implantation; Sameer Gafoor and Evan M Zahn
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE
Background, Indication for LAA Closure, and Clinical Trial Results; Stefan Bertog, Laura Vaskelyte, Ilona Hofmann, Jennifer Franke, Simon Lam, Sameer Gafoor, and Horst Sievert
Amplatzer Cardiac Plug; Fabian Nietlispach and Bernhard Meier
Watchman Device; Peter Sick
Coherex WaveCrest; Brian Whisenant and Saibal Kar
Sentre Heart; Krzysztof Bartus and Randall J. Lee
Other New Endocardial and Epicardial Techniques; Annkathrin Braut, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, and Horst Sievert
DEVICES FOR HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT
Extracorporeal Ventricular Assist Devices; Johannes Wilde and Gerhard C. Schuler
Left Ventricular Partitioning with the Cardiokinetics Device; I. Bozdag-Turan, S. Kische, R. Goekmen Turan, C. A. Nienaber, and H. Ince
Implantable Assist Devices for Heart Failure Treatment; Saibal Kar and Takashi Matsumoto
Devices for Hemodynamic Monitoring; Wen-Loong Yeow, Neal Eigler, and Saibal Kar
Neurohumoral Remodeling for Treatment of Hypertension and Heart Failure; Stefan Bertog, Laura Vaskelyte, Ilona Hofmann, Jennifer Franke, Sameer Gafoor, and Horst Sievert
OTHER PROCEDURES
Catheter Retrieval of Intracardiac Masses; Brian J. deGuzman, Albert K. Chin, and Lishan Aklog
COMPLICATIONS OF CONGENITAL, STRUCTURAL, AND VALVULAR INTERVENTIONS
How to Avoid and Manage Major Complications; Howaida El Said and Andras Bratincsak