Cardiovascular Catheterization and Intervention

Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., is a Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso).Eric R. Bates, M.D., is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.Marco Roffi, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Interventional Cardiology Unit at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., is the President of TTUHSC El Paso and the Dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at TTUHSC El Paso. David J. Moliterno, M.D., is a Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky.

• Introduction to Cardiac Catheterization Setting Up a Catheterization Laboratory and Equipment Considerations Principles of Radiation Safety Contrast Agents Patient Selection, Preparation, Risks and Informed Consent Conscious Sedation (Local Anesthetics, Sedatives, and Reversing Agents) Vasopressors, Vasodilators, Antithrombotics in the Catheterization Laboratory Vascular Access for Percutaneous Interventions and Angiography Right Heart Catheterization (Cardiac Output, Vascular Resistance, Shunt Detection and Quantitation) Pulmonary Hypertension - Hemodynamic Assessment and Response to Vasodilators Valvular Heart DiseaseMeasurement of Valve Orifice Area and Quantification of Regurgitation Hemodynamic Assessment for Restriction, Constriction, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Tamponade Endomyocardial Biopsy—Indications and Procedures Pericardiocentesis Catheterization of the Cardiac Venous System Coronary Arterial Anatomy—Normal, Variants, and Well-Described Collaterals Diagnostic Angiographic Catheters: Coronary and Vascular Coronary Imaging: Angiography, CTA, MRA Cardiac Catheterization for Pediatric Patients Cardiac catheterization for the adult with complex congenital heart disease Ventriculography and Aortography Pulmonary Angiography Transseptal Catheterization Mesenteric and Renal Angiography Peripheral Vascular Angiography Carotid and Cerebral Angiography Application of Intracoronary Physiology: Use of Pressure and Flow Measurements Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology Optical Coherence Tomography Percutaneous Coronary Intervention--General Principles Guiding Catheters and Wires Coronary Artery Stenting Primary PCI in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock A clinical approach and comprehensive review of percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusion Saphenous Vein Grafts Emboli Protection Devices, Atherectomy, Thrombus Aspiration Devices Complications of PCI: Stent Loss, Coronary Perforation and Aortic Dissection Intra-aortic Balloon Pump counterpulsation, Percutaneous Left ventricular support Intracardiac Echocardiography TEE to Guide Interventional Cardiac Procedures in the Catheterization Laboratory Transcatheter aortic valve replacement Percutaneous therapies for mitral valve disease Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale Pediatric and adult congenital cardiac interventions Embolization for Fistulas and AVMs Peripheral Arterial Intervention (Lower and upper extremity) Renal and Mesenteric Artery Interventions Carotid and Vertebral Artery Interventions Treatment of intracranial arterial disease Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) Training Program Guidelines, Case Numbers, and Maintenance of Certification Electronic Catheterization Records and Data Collection for Quality Improvement