Invasive Cardiology. a Manual for Cath Lab Personnel

Completely revised and updated, Invasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel, Third Edition is the first and only book written specifically by and for nurses and technicians! Topics include ECG interpretation, intracardiac pressure measurement, radiography, intracoronary Doppler, intravascular ultrasound, duties of technical staff, angiography and cardiac catheterization, PTCA, stents, atherectomy, laser, nursing care, valvuloplasty and balloon pericardiotomy, electrophysiology, cardiac pacing, endomyocardial biopsy, foreign body retrieval, pediatric interventional cardiology, cardiac pharmacology, and cath lab emergencies.

Table of Contents

Chapter  1  Introduction
Chapter  2  Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter  3  Electrocardiology and Rhythm Interpretation
Chapter  4  Radiography
Chapter  5  Contrast Media
Chapter  6  Cardiac Computer Tomography
Chapter  7  Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chapter  8  Asepsis in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory
Chapter  9  Duties of Technical Staff
Chapter  10  Nursing Care of the Interventional Cardiac Procedure Patient
Chapter  11  Diagnostic Catheterization
Chapter  12  Hemodynamics
Chapter  13  Intravascular Ultrasound
Chapter  14  Functional Assessment of Coronary Disease
Chapter  15  Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Chapter  16  Intracoronary Stents
Chapter  17  Intracoronary Stents
Chapter  18  Intravascular Athrectomy and Thrombectomy
Chapter  19  Cardiac Anomaly Closure
Chapter  20  Alcohol Septal Ablation
Chapter  21  Percutaneous Valve Commissurotomy, Repair, and Replacement 
Chapter  22  Endomyocardial Biopsy
Chapter  23  Electrophysiology
Chapter  24  Cardiac Pacing
Chapter  25  Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Chapter  26  Hemostasis and Vascular Closure Devices
Chapter  27  Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
Chapter  28  Percutaneous Carotid Angiography and Intervention
Chapter  29  Percutaneous Renal Angiography and Intervention
Chapter  30  Lower Extremity Angiography and Intervention
Chapter  31  Endovascular Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Repair
Chapter  32  Foreign Body Retrieval
Chapter  33  Emergencies in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Chapter  34  Defibrillation and Resynchronization
Chapter  35  Intra Aortic Balloon Pumps and Other Cardiac Assist Devices
Chapter  36  Balloon Pericardotomy
Chapter  37  Temporary Cardiac Pacing
Chapter  38  Cardiac Pharmacology
Chapter  39  Cardiovascular Research

About the Author(s)

• Sandy Watson, RN, BSN - Research Coordinator, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
  
• Kenneth A . Gorski, RN - Assistant Manager, Stones Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio