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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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1133 Questions: An Interventional Cardiology Board Review 3rd Edition : Table of contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Contributors

Contents

Abbreviations

42 Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking Strategies

1. Vascular Biology
2. Anatomy and Physiology
3. Principles of Radiation Use, Protection, and Basic Physics Concepts
4. Inflammation and Arterial Injury
5. Antiplatelet, Antithrombotic, and Thrombolytic Agents
6. Pharmacogenomics and Drug—Drug Interactions
7. Antiarrhythmics, Sedatives, and Lipid-Lowering Agents
8. Inotropes, Vasopressors, and Vasodilators
9. Guide Catheter Selection for Coronary Interventions
10. Intravascular Contrast Agents
11. Elective Coronary Intervention
12. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes
13. Primary, Rescue, and Facilitated Angioplasty
14. Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction, Emboli Protection, and Mechanical Thrombectomy
15. Chronic Total Occlusions
16. Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions
17. Long Lesions and Diffuse Disease
18. Restenosis and Percutaneous Options
19. Orbital and Rotational Atherectomy, Cutting and Scoring Balloon Angioplasty, and Laser
20. Stents and Stent Thrombosis
21. Drug-Eluting Stents and Local Drug Delivery for the Prevention of Restenosis
22. Percutaneous Interventions in Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Grafts
23. Vascular Closure and Device
24. Management of Intraprocedural and Postprocedural Complications
25. Qualitative and Quantitative Angiography
26. Intracoronary Doppler and Pressure Monitoring
27. Intravascular Ultrasound
28. Approach to Patients with Hemodynamic Compromise
29. Peripheral Interventional Procedure
30. Cerebrovascular Interventions
31. Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Valve Repair and Replacemen
32. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
33. Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect Closure
34. Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy for Patients with Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade
35. Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Prevention of Stroke
36. Chronic Stable Angina: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines
37. Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from the AHA/ACC Guidelines
38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidelines
39. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: ACC/AHA Guidelines
40. Ethical Issues and Risks Associated with Catheterization and Interventional Procedures
41. Statistics Related to Interventional Cardiology Procedures
42. Approach to Interventional Boards and Test-Taking Strategies

Index