The Cardiac Catheter Book

Prof. Dr. med. Harald Lapp ist Kardiologe und Chefarzt am Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Helios-Klinik Erfurt.

I Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
1 Indications For Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterizations
2 Risks and Complications
3 Preparation for Cardiac Catheterization
4 The Laboratory
5 Interpretation of Findings
6 Contrast Media
7 Arterial and Venous Access
8 Coronary Angiography
9 Catheterization of the Cardiac Chambers
10 Aortography
11 Angiography of the Pulmonary Artery
12 Hemodynamics
13 Endomyocardial Biopsy
II Cardiac Catheterization in the Diagnostic Of Specific Diseases
14 Valvular Disease
15 Cardiomyopathies
16 Coronary Artery Disease
17 Pericardial Disease
18 Aortic Dissection
19 Congenital Heart Disease
20 Acute Pulmonary Embolism
21 Myocarditis
III The Interventional Cardiac Catheterization
22 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Stent Implantation
23 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome
24 Cutting Balloon Angioplasty
25 Rotational Atherectomy
26 Laser Angioplasty
27 Thrombectomy and Protection Systems
28 Peri- and Postinterventional Antithrombotic Therapy for Coronary Interventions
29 Special Examination Techniques
30 Percutaneous Cardiac Support Systems
31 Heart Valve Interventions
32 Occlusion Of Septal Defects
33 Other Interventional Techniques
34 Percutaneous Retrieval of Foreign Bodies in the Cardiovascular System