Percutaneous Circulatory Support: Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation, Impella, Tandem Heart, and Extracorporeal Bypass Carlos D. Davila, MD Michele Esposito, MD Navin K. Kapur, MD INTRODUCTION The use of percutaneous acute mechanical…
Myocardial and Coronary Blood Flow and Metabolism Mathew Liakos, MD Kiran V. Reddy, MD, FACC Allen Jeremias, MD, MSC BASIC PRINCIPLE OF FFR Epicardial Coronary Artery Versus Microcirculation FIGURE 14.1…
Endomyocardial Biopsy Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA INTRODUCTION The development of new imaging modalities and particularly of magnetic resonance imaging has provided new tools for the diagnosis of disorders of the…
Angiography of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries Hector Tamez, MD Thomas M. Tu, MD Ruby LO, MD Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH INTRODUCTION The aorta and peripheral arteries are of…
Coronary Anomalies Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA INTRODUCTION Coronary anomalies can be defined as any anomaly of a coronary artery in origination and course, termination, and intrinsic characteristics.1 According to this…
Catheterization in Childhood and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Ada C. Stefanescu Schmidt, MD, MSC Samuel L. Casella, MD, MPH Michael J. Landzberg, MD Diego Porras, MD Catheterization of children and…
Pulmonary Angiography Kyung J. Cho, MD INTRODUCTION The imaging modalities including ventilation-perfusion scan, computed tomography angiography (CTA), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) now provide much of the diagnostic information that…
Coronary Angiography and Cardiac Ventriculography Robert N. Piana, MD Aaron Kugelmass, MD Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA INTRODUCTION Diagnostic angiography begins with vascular access. Typically, this is achieved via the radial…
Hemodynamics of Tamponade, Constrictive, and Restrictive Physiology Yogesh N. V. Reddy, MBBS, MSc Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA Barry A. Borlaug, MD INTRODUCTION The pericardium is a fluid-filled sac composed of…
Pressure Measurements Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA Calin V. Maniu, MD INTRODUCTION The beginning of invasive hemodynamics can be traced back to the early 1700s, when Rev. Stephen Hales measured the…
