Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology

· 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.

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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.

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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.

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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