Coronary Anomalies
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Hemodynamic Data
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
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
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
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…
