Full Description
Cath-Lab Practicals is a concise guide to a range of procedures performed in the catheterisation laboratory.
The book is divided into thirteen chapters. Each technique covered includes step by step instructions on the procedure, indications and contraindications, management, and any likely complications. Topics covered include cath-lab operations, angiography, haemodynamics, vascular access and closure, antiplatelets and anticoagulants. Cath-lab equipment and laboratory safety are also reviewed in detail.
Enhanced by 50 illustrations and information tables, Cath-Lab Practicals is a useful guide for cardiologists and cardiac radiographers, in training and in practice.
Key Points
Concise guide to a range of cath-lab procedures
Step by step instructions for various techniques
Reviews required equipment and lab safety
50 illustrations and information tables
Contents
Chapter 1 Slippery When Wet: Broken Guidewire, Ruptured Balloon in Cath Lab
Chapter 2 If You Break It - You Own It: Embolization of Cath Lab Hardware
Chapter 3 Interventions for Left to Right Shunts: To Plug or not to Plug? That is the Question
Chapter 4 Delicate Sound of Thunder: Coronary Perforations
Chapter 5 Bark at the Moon: Technical Difficulties in Cath Lab
Chapter 6 Honey I Shrunk the Stent: Issues in Stent Implantation
Chapter 7 Cannulation Blues: Issues with Guide Catheter
Chapter 8 Valvular Interventions: Keep Your Eyes on the Door and your Mind on the Procedure
Chapter 9 Management of Resistant Thrombus: Catastrophe and the Cure
Chapter 10 Complications of Rotablation and its Management
Chapter 11 Extremely Sick Patient: Role of Cardiac Assist Devices
Chapter 12 Complications of Radial Access
Chapter 13 Momentary Lapse of Reason: Mortality in Cath Lab
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