Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty and General Coronary Intervention Abhiram Prasad David R. Holmes Dotter and Judkins1 were the first to propose the concept of transluminal angioplasty—enlargement of the lumen of a…
Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction William W. O’Neill The author is a consultant to Medtronic, Inc. Serves on the board of Neovasc, Inc. and has received ongoing research support from…
Evaluation of Myocardial and Coronary Blood Flow and Metabolism Morton J. Kern Michael J. Lim Fundamental concepts of coronary physiology and myocardial blood flow, once the subject of research studies,…
Endomyocardial Biopsy Sandra V. Chaparro Mauro Moscuccia aKenneth Baughman and Donald Baim co-authored this chapter in the previous edition and contributed a significant portion of the material. Disorders of the…
Percutaneous Circulatory Support: Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation, Impella, TandemHeart, and Extracorporeal Bypass Daniel Burkhoff Mauro Moscucci Jose P.S. Henriques There are many clinical scenarios in which patients require acute circulatory support….
Adjunctive Pharmacology for Cardiac Catheterization Kevin Croce Daniel I. Simon An important part of interventional catheterization involves mastery of a broad range of drugs that includes anticoagulant, antiplatelet, vasoactive, sedative,…
Intravascular Imaging Techniques Yasuhiro Honda Peter J. Fitzgerald Paul G. Yock Angiography remains the clinical standard for coronary and peripheral vascular imaging to identify significant arterial narrowing and to guide…
Evaluation of Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Ventricles and Myocardium William Grossman Mauro Moscucci A critical aspect of most cardiac catheterization procedures is the evaluation of myocardial function. At…
Evaluation of Tamponade, Constrictive, and Restrictive Physiology Mauro Moscucci Barry A. Borlaug The pericardium separates the heart from the surrounding structures, and it has important mechanical, membranous, biofeedback, and barrier…
Measurement of Ventricular Volumes, Ejection Fraction, Mass, Wall Stress, and Regional Wall Motion Michael A. Fifer William Grossman Cardiac angiography was introduced initially to provide qualitative information regarding anatomic abnormalities…
