Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Hemodynamic Data Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA INTRODUCTION Potential sources of error in the recording and/or interpretation of hemodynamic data include inappropriate positioning, balancing and calibration…
Cutdown Approach: Femoral, Axillary, Direct Aortic, and Transapical Ross Michael Reul, MD Philip L. Auyang, MD Michael Joseph Reardon, MD INTRODUCTION The development of catheter-based treatment for structural heart disease…
Radial Artery Approach Carlos Enrique Alfonso, MD Tejas Patel, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI, FESC Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC, FSCAI INTRODUCTION Transradial access (TRA) for cardiac catheterization, angiography, and intervention…
Percutaneous Vascular Access: Transfemoral, Transseptal, Apical, and Transcaval Approach Michael David Dyal, MD, FACC Claudia A. Martinez, MD INTRODUCTION Arterial and venous access are essential components of all cardiac catheterization…
Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Mauro Moscucci, MD, MBA Advancements in technology have led to a significant increase in the safety of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures. However, the…
Integrated Imaging Modalities in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Michael S. Kim, MD Robert A. Quaife, MD INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, there has been an exponential growth in the number…
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is responsible for more than 50% of all the deaths in the United States and other Western…
Definition For adults, the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7 Report, 2003) has recommended the following classification…
Definition When measured directly in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, the normal pulmonary artery (PA) systolic pressure of children and adults is 30 mm Hg or below, and the mean PA…
TABLE D-7 LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX BY M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Boys Age Left Ventricular Mass (g) Age Left Ventricular Mass Index (g/m 2.7 ) 50th Percentile 90th…
