Calculation of Stenotic Valve Orifice Area Blase A. Carabello William Grossman The normal cardiac valve offers little resistance to blood flow. As valvular stenosis develops, there is progressively more resistance…
Blood Flow Measurement: Cardiac Output and Vascular Resistance Mauro Moscucci William Grossman The maintenance of blood flow commensurate with the metabolic needs of the body is a fundamental requirement of…
Shunt Detection and Quantification William Grossman Mauro Moscucci Detection, localization, and quantification of intracardiac shunts are an integral part of the hemodynamic evaluation of patients with congenital heart disease. In…
Pressure Measurement Mauro Moscucci William Grossman The measurement of dynamic blood pressure has been of interest to physiologists and physicians since 1732, when Reverend Stephen Hales measured the blood pressure…
Cutdown Approach: Brachial, Femoral, Axillary, Aortic, and Transapical Ronald P. Caputoa G. Randall Green William Grossman a The contributions of Alessandro Giambartolomei and Paolo Esente to this chapter in prior…
Diagnostic Catheterization in Childhood and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Gabriele Egidy Assenza James E. Lock Michael J. Landzberg As a growing population of adults reaches adulthood after being treated during…
Radial Artery Approach Mauricio G. Cohen Sunil V. Rao INTRODUCTION In 1989, Lucien Campeau published his successful series of 100 coronary angiographies performed via the left radial artery with minimal…
Percutaneous Approach, Including Transseptal and Apical Puncture Claudia A. Martinez Mauro Moscucci Dr Donald S. Baim and Dr Daniel I. Simon authored this chapter in the prior edition. In contrast…
Complications Mauro Moscuccia aSome material was contributed by William Grossman and Donald Baim in their role as authors of this chapter in prior editions. The risk of complications is inherent…
Integrated Imaging Modalities in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Robert A. Quaife John D. Carroll Cardiac catheterization is undergoing a major change that involves the emergence of a multitude of new…
