Professor Gianfranco Butera is a Consultant for Pediatric and GUCH Cardiology at the Policlinico San Donato IRCCS in Milan, Italy. He studied at the Catholic University of Rome, specialized in Pediatric Cardiology and completed his training at the Hopital Necker Enfants Malades in Paris, France with Prof Kachaner and Prof Bonhoeffer and obtained a postgraduate degree in Pediatric Cardiology from the Universitè Rénè Descartes, Paris V. He is a fellow of the GISE, SICP, AEPC, SCAI and COMET, and serves on the executive council of two charity associations. He has served as chairmen of the Working Group of interventional cardiology of the AEPC. He has been a visiting professor at various Universities including Harvard, Bordeaux and Padova, and his clinical and research interests are focused on interventional cardiology in children and adults with congenital heart diseases. In addition, Prof. Butera is a reviewer for 15 international journals and Case Report Editor for Cardiology in the Young. He has authored more than 180 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has edited books on interventional and fetal cardiology. With Springer he co-edited the book "Cardiac Catheterization for CHD" and a book on fetal and hybrid cardiac procedures.

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PART I GENERAL ISSUES. 1 Angiography: Radiation Exposure and Standard Projections.- 2 Catheters and Wires.- 3 Balloons.- 4 Stents.- 5 Hemodynamics.- PART II VASCULAR ACCESS. 6 The Usual Vascular Access.- 7 Unusual Access.- 8 Hemostasis.- 9 Access Complications and Management.- 10 Transseptal Access.- PART III FETAL PROCEDURES 11 Fetal Interventions.- PART IV STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VALVE DILATATION- 12 Aortic Valvular Stenosis.- 13 Pulmonary Valvular Stenosis.- 14 Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum.- 15 Percutaneous Transcatheter Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy.- PART V STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VESSEL TREATMENT. 16 Pulmonary Artery Branches.- 17 Aortic Coarctation.- 18 Reopening of Peripheral and Central Arteries and Veins.- 19 PDA Stenting in Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Circulation.- 20 Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting in Duct-dependent Systemic Circulation.- PART VI STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: CLOSING OR CREATING A DEFECT. 21 Step-by-Step Closure of Atrial Septal Defects (ASDs).- 22 Fontan Fenestration Closure.- 23 Ventricular Septal Defects.- 24 Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure.- 25 Catheter Closure of Coronary Artery Fistula.- 26 Vessel Embolization: Transcatheter Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries.- 27 Closure of Residual Postsurgical Defects.- 28 ASD Closure in Special Situations: Elderly, PA-IVS.- 29 Creating an Interatrial Communication.- PART VII STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VALVE IMPLANTATION. 30 Melody Valve Implantation in Pulmonary Position.- 31 SAPIEN Valve Implantation in the Pulmonary Position.- 32 Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Implantation.- PART VIII STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: PRINCIPLES OF HYBRID APPROACH. 33 Hybrid Approach in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS).- 34 Hybrid Approach: Defect Closure.- 35 Hybrid Approach: Stent Implantation.- PART IX STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: MISCELLANEA. 36 Retrieval Techniques.- 37 Pericardiocentesis.- 38 Endomyocardial Biopsies.- 39 Evaluations Before Partial and Total Cavopulmonary Connections.- 40 Imaging and Treating Coronary Arteries in Children.- 41 Imaging and transcatheter treatments in PA-VSD-MAPCAs.- PART X ROLE OF SPECIFIC IMAGING TECHNIQUES. 42 Rotational angiography.- 43 Magnetic Resonance.- 44 Computed Tomography.- 45 Intracoronary echo.- 46 Intracardiac echo.- 47 3D Echo.- PART XI FUTURE DIRECTIONS. 48 Holography.- 49 Integrating imaging modalities.