ABSTRACT
The field of invasive and interventional cardiology is dynamic with frequent advances in both technique and technology. An internationally-renowned team of editors and over 100 contributors have shaped this textbook to provide clinicians with a thorough guide that covers the procedural and peri-procedural aspects of coronary, peripheral, and struct
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 10|5 pages
Pulmonary hypertension—hemodynamic assessment and response to vasodilators
Myung H. Park and Vallerie V. McLaughlin Pathobiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
chapter 15|16 pages
Catheterization of the cardiac venous system
Terminology of the Cardiac Venous System
chapter 20|4 pages
Cardiac catheterization for the adult with complex congenital heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John F. Rhodes, Jr. and Jorge R. Alegrı´a B
CARDIAC CATH Hemodynamic Assessment: Oxygen Saturations
chapter 21|1 pages
Ventriculography and aortography
Jose´ G. Dı´ez and James M. Wilson VENTRICULOGRAPHY
chapter 48|6 pages
Embolization for fistulas and AVMs
Nicholas Kipshidze, Robert Rosen, and Irakli Gogorishvili PERIPHERAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS
chapter 49|15 pages
Lower and upper extremity intervention
Tahir Mohamed and Mark Robbins LOWER EXTREMITY
chapter 53|7 pages
Training program guidelines, case numbers, and maintenance of certification
Gregory W. Barsness and Charanjit S. Rihal BACKGROUND