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Dedication
Contributing Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Sect. I Device Occlusion of Atrial Septal Defects 1
1 History of Atrial Septal Occlusion Devices 3
2 Clamshell Devices 11
3 The Buttoned Device 17
4 ASDOS - Atrial Septal Defect Occluder System 35
5 The Angel Wings Das Device 45
6 Amplatzer Septal Occluder 51
7 CardioSEAL and STARFlex Devices 61
8 HELEX Septal Occluder 71
9 Wireless Devices 79
10 Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure Without Fluoroscopy 85
11 Comparative Summary of Atrial Septal Defect Occlusion Devices 91
12 PFO-Star for Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Presumed Paradoxical Embolism 103
13 Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Presumed Paradoxical Embolism 111
14 Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects with Right-to-left Shunts 120
15 Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: Transcatheter Management 129
16 Role of Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Reconstruction in Transcatheter Occlusion of Atrial Septal Defects 133
Sect. II Transcatheter Occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus 143
17 History of Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure Devices 145
18 Rashkind Device 155
19 Buttoned Device 163
20 Gianturco Coils 175
21 Detachable Coils 187
22 Duct-Occlud 193
23 Gianturco-Grifka Vascular Occlusion Device 205
24 Amplatzer Duct Occluder 213
25 Summary and Comparison of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure Methods 219
Sect. III Device Occlusion of Ventricular Septal Defects and Paravalvar Regurgitation 229
26 Rashkind and Clamshell Devices 231
27 Buttoned and Other Devices 239
28 Amplatzer Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Occluder 245
29 CardioSEAL/STARFlex Devices 253
30 Nit-Occlud (Nickel-Titanium Spiral Coil) 259
31 Transcatheter Approach to Postmyocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture and Paravalvar Regurgitation 265
Sect. IV Stents 269
32 Mechanical and Biophysical Aspects of Stents 271
33 Recent Technical Developments in Implantation of Stents for Congenital and Postsurgical Cardiovascular Anomalies 285
34 Stent Management of Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis 297
35 Endovascular Stents for Coarctation of the Aorta 305
36 Ductal Stents in the Management of Congenital Heart Defects 313
37 Stents for Treatment of Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Obstruction 321
38 NuMED Cheatham Platinum Stents: Role in the Management of Congenital Heart Defects 353
39 Newer Stents in the Management of Vascular Stenoses in Children 369
40 Percutaneous Revascularization in Peripheral Vascular Disease 379
41 Carotid Artery Stenting 411
42 Covered Stents in the Management of Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms 427
43 Biodegradable Stents: Prospects for the Future 439
Sect. V Miscellaneous 447
44 Coil Embolization Therapy in the Adult Patient 449
45 Transcatheter Embolization of Unwanted Blood Vessels in Children 457
46 Devices in the Management of Arrhythmias 475
47 Vena Caval Filters in the Preventive Management of Pulmonary Embolism: Current State of the Art 483
48 Vascular Closure Devices for Transarterial Interventions 493
49 Transcatheter Implantation of Prosthetic Valves 495
50 Percutaneous Replacement of the Pulmonary Valve 509
51 New and Miscellaneous Devices 515
52 Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Transcatheter Device Implantation for the Treatment of Noncoronary Cardiac Defects 527
Sect. VI Future Directions 533
53 Summary and Future Directions 535
Subject Index 539