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…
Stress Testing During Cardiac Catheterization: Exercise, Pacing, and Dobutamine Challenge William Grossman Mauro Moscucci Some material in this chapter was developed for previous editions by Drs. Beverly Lorell, Mark Feldman,…
Angiography of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries Michael R. Jaff John Rundback Kenneth Rosenfield Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that afflicts millions of patients annually in the United States. Historically,…
Pulmonary Angiography Kyung Cho Nils Kucher Although right heart catheterization was first described in 1929,1 angiographic visualization of the pulmonary arteries was not performed until 1938.2 Initially, pulmonary angiography was…
Coronary Angiography Mauro Moscucci The contribution of William Grossman and Donald Baim to this chapter in prior editions is gratefully acknowledged. The initial attempts to perform coronary angiography used nonselective…
Coronary Artery Anomalies Paolo Angelini Jorge Monge The rich medical literature on coronary artery anomalies (CAA) suffers from many limitations, but the two main ones are 1. the superficial, general…
Cardiac Ventriculography Mauro Moscucci Robert C. Hendel Donald Baim was the author on this chapter in the previous edition, and the majority of his contributed text remains in the current…
Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Hemodynamic Data Zoltan G. Turi Acquisition of cardiac catheterization hemodynamic data has been revolutionized by the automation of hemodynamic measurement and recording since the first…
