Current, relevant, and evidence-based, The Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 5th Edition, offers clear guidance on interventional cardiology in an easy-to-understand, concise format. This must-have handbook is an invaluable resource for physicians, nurses, and technicians in every cath lab, offering quick access to easily accessible guidelines on procedures and patient care. Packed with useful information, hundreds of clear images, and narrated videos from Dr. Kern, this practical manual ensures that health care workers at all levels have the tools they need to understand and perform these complex procedures.
Key Features
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Covers a wide range of coronary and peripheral vascular interventional procedures, from the most common to the latest specialized interventions.
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Incorporates the most up-to-date equipment with detailed, step-by-step techniques, cautionary notes, and outcomes.
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Includes recent procedures such as TAVR, MitraClip™, atherectomy, applications of new non-hyperemic pressure ratios, and approach to LV mechanical support.
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Features an easy-to-read outline format, bulleted summary boxes, and quick-reference tables, making this complex subject accessible and understandable.
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Employs a multidisciplinary heart team approach, offering practical and authoritative guidance on the many nuances to these challenging procedures.
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Includes dedicated chapters on catheters, guide wires, balloons, and stents; interventional pharmacology; PCI; and complications.
Author Information
Edited by Michael J Lim, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular CareDirector, Division of CardiologyProfessor of Internal MedicineJack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor of CardiologyDirector, Cardiac Catheterization LaboratoryDirector, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship ProgramsSt Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA; Paul Sorajja, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, Director, Center for Valve and Structural Heart Disease, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California and Chief of Medicine, Long Beach Veterans Health Care System, Long Beach, California
Section I – Coronary Interventions
1 The Basics of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
2 Vascular Access
3 Interventional Pharmacology
4 Guide Catheters, Guide Extenders, Guidewires, Balloons, and Stents
5 Intravascular Lesion Assessment: Physiology and Imaging
6 Adjunctive Tools: Atherectomy Devices, Laser, Thrombectomy
7 Bifurcation PCI
8 Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions
9 PCI in STEMI, NSTEMI, and Shock
10 PCI With Left Ventricular Hemodynamic Support
11 Coils, Plugs, Covered Stents, and Snares
12 Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Section II – Noncoronary Vascular Intervention
13 Vascular Access for Noncardiac Procedures
14 Guides, Wires, Balloons, and Stents for Noncoronary Interventions
15 Iliofemoral Peripheral Vascular Intervention
16 Aortic, Renal, Subclavian, and Carotid Interventions
17 Overview of Structural Heart Disease Interventions
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