CHAPTER 7 The Multipurpose Catheter “Practice is everything.” —Periander Historical Background The multipurpose catheter technique was introduced to Emory University Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories in 1972 by Spencer King. King learned…
A diligent precatheterization work-up can help an operator to suspect the presence of left main disease, and reduce the risk of catastrophic complications of left coronary cannulation (Figure 18.1).1,2 FIGURE…
CHAPTER 6 Coronary, Renal, and Mesenteric Angiography “Follow the rules, but avoid turning those rules into dogmas.” —Anonymous Angiographic Views and Projections Selective coronary angiography provides two-dimensional (2D) images of…
The angiographer performing left and right cardiac catheterization should be familiar not only with the cardiac structures in general, but primarily the projections of those cardiac structures in different angiographic…
CHAPTER 5 Vascular Access “The beginning is half of everything.” —Pythagoras Percutaneous Vascular Access The process of planning and obtaining percutaneous vascular access follows certain rules, and these rules should…
Proper, early post-cardiac catheterization care with continuous vital signs, O2 saturation, and ECG monitoring is extremely important for the safety of the patient, since even the best precatheterization evaluation and…
The percutaneous intravascular endomyocardial cardiac biopsy procedure using flexible bioptome was introduced by Sakakibara and Konno in 19621 and subsequently improved by Caves and Stinson.2 Indications and contraindications3-6 for the…
