Bypass Graft Angiography
Bypass Graft Angiography Kellan E. Ashley Selective angiography of saphenous vein and arterial bypass grafts is usually performed immediately after angiography of the native coronary arteries. The technique for bypass…
CARDIAC SURGERY
Native Coronary Angiography
Native Coronary Angiography Stephen Gimple Niranjan Seshadri Robert E. Hobbs Sorin Brener The coronary arteries arise from the sinuses of Valsalva. The left main coronary artery arises from the left…
Setting up the Lab
Setting up the Lab Matthew Kaminski Prior to arrival of the patient, the catheterization team should verify that all monitoring, recording, and resuscitation equipment are functioning properly. Continuous monitoring of…
Preprocedural Evaluation
Preprocedural Evaluation Bethany A. Austin Cardiac catheterization is an invaluable tool for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, with between 2 and 3 million procedures performed annually in the United States….
Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia
Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia This chapter will be divided into discrete sections: (a) definitions; (b) pathophysiologic substrates and mechanisms of tachycardias; and (c) electrophysiologic studies (EPS)—modes of initiation, response to stimulation,…
Catheter and Surgical Ablation in the Therapy of Arrhythmias
Catheter and Surgical Ablation in the Therapy of Arrhythmias Experience over the last decade has demonstrated that pharmacologic therapy for the management of paroxysmal ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias may not…
Preexcitation Syndromes
Preexcitation Syndromes Preexcitation exists when, in relation to atrial events, all or some part of the ventricular muscle is activated by the atrial impulse sooner than would be expected if…
Supraventricular Tachycardias
Supraventricular Tachycardias The development and refinement of the techniques of intracardiac recording and programmed stimulation, and our ability to compare these findings with experimental models, have resulted in a greater…
Evaluation of Antiarrhythmic Agents
Evaluation of Antiarrhythmic Agents The application of recording and stimulation techniques has made it possible to evaluate the electrophysiologic effects and preferential sites of action of the entire spectrum of…
Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation
Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation and its cousin, atrial flutter (typical and atypical), are the most common arrhythmias with which we must deal clinically, yet they are the group…
