Femoral pseudoaneurysm -- Superficial Femoral Artery�Dissection -- Vagal reaction -- Unable to find�femoral pulse -- Find radial pulse but actually�blocked and stick ulnar -- Unable to find radial�pulse -- Femoral dissection -- Femoral bleeds Radial injury, perforation, need for glue, etc -- Radial spasm -- Radial: Unable to negotiate aorta.-�Unable to negotiate subclavian/aorta junction -- Unable to intubate left coronary system -- Unable to�intubate right coronary -- Unable to Intubate�grafts -- Unable to intubate LIMA -- Conus branch�injection - VF -- Brachial injury - no flow -- Stroke�on table -- Aortic Dissection - Subclavian�dissection -- Left main stem pressure damping cf.�ventriculisation -- Coronary air embolism -- Coronary�rupture -- Distal wire perforation -- Lost stent/Stent embolization -- Wire breakage, trapping.-�Acute dissection/vesssel closure -- Femoral�haematoma -- Retro-peritoneal haemorrhage -- Stent�fracture -- Acute pericardial effusion -- Left main�stem dissection -- Unable to withdraw wire past�newly inserted stent -- No-reflow phenomenon.-�Unable to pass wire -- Unable to pass balloon.-�Unable to pass stent -- Stented underprepared�lesion -- Acute onset hypotension Chest pain -- Hypertension -- Pulmonary oedema on�table -- Unable to cross aortic valve -- Pigtail or�end hole punctures ventricle -- Sheared rotablator�wire/retained tip -- Wire under stent.-�Atheroembolism of leg -- Failed vascular closure�device -- Intramural haematoma -- Failure of stent�deployment -- Dissection after rotablation -- Wire�fracture -- Perforated side branch needing coils.

This book serves as a reference manual for all cardiologists, particularly those in training, who face life-threatening complications of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on a day-to-day basis. From its initial conception, PCI has evolved to become a very complex procedure. Knowledge of what complications can occur during PCI and how to deal with them is vital for the practicing cardiologist, and can mean the difference between life and death. Drawing on the background and experience of an international team of cardiologists, Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Survival Handbook is a valuable, practical, and readable resource for the interventional cardiologist. The principles and practices described within are relevant to all practitioners of interventional catheter procedures, including interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons, and cardiologists.