Thoracic Key

Endomyocardial Biopsy Sandra V. Chaparro Mauro Moscuccia aKenneth Baughman and Donald Baim co-authored this chapter in the previous edition and contributed a significant portion of the material. Disorders of the…

Percutaneous Circulatory Support: Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation, Impella, TandemHeart, and Extracorporeal Bypass Daniel Burkhoff Mauro Moscucci Jose P.S. Henriques There are many clinical scenarios in which patients require acute circulatory support….

Adjunctive Pharmacology for Cardiac Catheterization Kevin Croce Daniel I. Simon An important part of interventional catheterization involves mastery of a broad range of drugs that includes anticoagulant, antiplatelet, vasoactive, sedative,…

Intravascular Imaging Techniques Yasuhiro Honda Peter J. Fitzgerald Paul G. Yock Angiography remains the clinical standard for coronary and peripheral vascular imaging to identify significant arterial narrowing and to guide…

Evaluation of Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Ventricles and Myocardium William Grossman Mauro Moscucci A critical aspect of most cardiac catheterization procedures is the evaluation of myocardial function. At…

Evaluation of Tamponade, Constrictive, and Restrictive Physiology Mauro Moscucci Barry A. Borlaug The pericardium separates the heart from the surrounding structures, and it has important mechanical, membranous, biofeedback, and barrier…

Measurement of Ventricular Volumes, Ejection Fraction, Mass, Wall Stress, and Regional Wall Motion Michael A. Fifer William Grossman Cardiac angiography was introduced initially to provide qualitative information regarding anatomic abnormalities…

Stress Testing During Cardiac Catheterization: Exercise, Pacing, and Dobutamine Challenge William Grossman Mauro Moscucci Some material in this chapter was developed for previous editions by Drs. Beverly Lorell, Mark Feldman,…

Angiography of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries Michael R. Jaff John Rundback Kenneth Rosenfield Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that afflicts millions of patients annually in the United States. Historically,…

Pulmonary Angiography Kyung Cho Nils Kucher Although right heart catheterization was first described in 1929,1 angiographic visualization of the pulmonary arteries was not performed until 1938.2 Initially, pulmonary angiography was…