Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology

Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESCProfessor and Chairman Department of Cardiology University Hospital 3010 Bern Switzerland

• Part I Coronary artery disease. · Acute coronary syndrome – Marco Roffi, Zurich, Switzerland, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Geneva, Switzerland.· Modern coronary stenting – Stéphane Cook/Stephan Windecker, Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland.- DES.- Passive modern stents.- Late thrombosis.- Stenting of nonsignificant lesions (plaque sealing).- Comparison with medical treatment or bypass surgery.- Bioactive stents.· Chronic total occlusion – Yaron Almagor, Jerusalem, Israel.· Nonrevascularization therapy – Jean-Paul Schmid, Bern, Switzerland.- Shock wave therapy.- Spinal stimulation.- Coronary sinus restriction.. Part II Noncoronary interventions.· Percutaneous valve replacement or repair – Hélène Eltchaninoff, Rouen, France.· PFO closure – Bernhard Meier, Bern Switzerland.· ASD and VSD closure – tentatively: David Hildick Smith, London, UK.· Carotid angioplasty – Sri Iyer, New York, USA.· Alcohol ablation of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy – Otto Hess, Bern, Switzerland. . Part III Treatment of left ventricular failure.· Biventricular pacing – Etienne Delacrétaz, Bern Switzerland.· Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices – Pim de Feyter, Rotterdam, NL .· Stem cell therapy – Andreas Zeiher, Frankfurt, Germany.· Drug therapy in conjunction with interventions – Roger Hullin, Bern, Switzerland.. Part IV Cardiovascular imaging.· Computed tomography (CT) for screening and follow-up – Stephan Achenbach, Erlangen, Germany.· Magnetic resonance (MR) for functional testing and interventional guidance – Andreas Wahl, Bern, Switzerland.· Optical coherence tomography (OCT) – Jean-François Surmely, Aarau, Switzerland.· Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) – Peter J. Fitzgerald, Stanford, CA, USA