4th Edition
Endovascular Skills Guidewire and Catheter Skills for Endovascular Surgery, Fourth Edition
Part I: Basic Endovascular Skills
Endovascular Concepts
Case Preparation and Room Setup
Getting In: Percutaneous Vascular Access
Basic Sheath Access
Guidewire–Catheter Skills
Small Platform Guidewires and Monorail Systems
Guidewire and Catheter Passage
Imaging: The Key to Future Success
Selective Catheterization
Arteriography
Setting Up the Therapeutic Maneuver: Crossing Lesions
Part II: Endovascular Therapy
Strategy for Endovascular Therapy
Endovascular Workshop
Access for Endovascular Therapy
Medications for Endovascular Therapy
Balloon Angioplasty: Minimally Invasive Autologous Revascularization
More About Balloon Angioplasty: Keeping Out of Trouble
Stents: Minimally Invasive Relining
The Infrarenal Aorta, Aortic Bifurcation, and Iliac Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
The Infrainguinal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Advice About Endovascular Salvage of Previous Reconstructions
Part III: Advanced Endovascular Therapy
New Tools and Devices and How to Use Them
Brachiocephalic Interventions
Visceral and Renal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Complex Lower-Extremity Revascularization
Coiling of Peripheral Aneurysms
Making a Clean Getaway: Puncture Site Management
Endovascular Complications Can Be Avoided
Index
Biography
Dr. Peter A. Schneider has had a strong interest in endovascular techniques and vascular education throughout his career. Following a successful career at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii as the founding member and chief of the Division of Vascular Therapy, Dr. Schneider has entered a new chapter becoming Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at University of California San Francisco. He received an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed vascular surgery fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. He has published numerous articles and books, overseen the development of several medical devices, and recently became Chief Executive Officer of InRoad Medical. The 4th Edition of Endovascular Skills, represents a culmination of advancements in endovascular techniques.
‘[..]a high-quality book, both in its ability to explain complex endovascular procedures in simple terms, as well as in its use of tables and illustrations to augment these explanations.’
— Brian D. Wernick, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
