1st Edition
by Harald Lapp (Author), Ingo Krakau (Author)
Loaded with tips, tricks, and
expert solutions to everyday clinical problems, this book is a must for
all specialists and trainees performing cardiac catheterizations. It
covers basic principles, diagnostic strategies for specific diseases,
and the newest interventional techniques, giving readers the tools to
successfully manage all types of valvular and structural heart disease.
Special Features:
- Concisely
reviews the basics of cardiac catheterization, with sections on
indications, risks and complications, patient preparation, equipment and
laboratory setup, contrast media, and interpretation of findings
- Covers
the full range of interventional catheter techniques, including
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary stent implantation,
rotational athetectomy, cutting balloon angioplasty, shunt closure, and
much more
- Examines current, evidence-based diagnostic
approaches to such commonly seen conditions as valvular disease,
cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disorders,
pericardial disease, aortic dissection, and more
- Describes key
new interventions for structural heart disease, including transcatheter
aortic valve implantation (TAVI), interventions for mitral regurgitation
(Mitraclip), occlusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA-Occlusion),
and renal nerve ablation for resistant arterial hypertension
- Provides hundreds of illustrations, coronary angiograms, and radiographic images that clarify every concept
- Demonstrates step-by-step approaches, case studies, and detailed angiographic sequences in nearly 400 helpful videos
From
the fundamentals to the newest therapeutic advances, this book provides
the core information needed by every practice performing diagnostic and
interventional cardiac catheterizations. It is essential for
interventional cardiologists, cardiology fellows, and interventional
radiologists who want to quickly increase their knowledge and skills and
offer optimal care to their patients.
