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| Introduction to the Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Indications for Cardiac Catheterization | |
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| Contraindications | |
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| Complications and Risks | |
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| Catheterization Laboratory Data | |
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| Preparation of the Patient | |
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| Special Preparations | |
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| Team Approach to Cardiac Catheterization | |
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| Equipment in the Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Training Requirements | |
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| Environmental Safety in the Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Arterial and Venous Access | |
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| Percutaneous Femoral Approach | |
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| Arm Approach | |
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| Use of Heparin During Cardiac Catheterization | |
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| Problems of Vascular Access | |
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| Arterial and Venous Access: Nurse-Technician Viewpoint | |
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| Equipment and Instruments Used for Access | |
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| Hemodynamic Data | |
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| Pressure Waves in the Heart | |
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| Right- and Left-Sided Heart Catheterization | |
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| Computations for Hemodynamic Measurements | |
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| Computations of Valve Areas from Pressure Gradients and Cardiac Output | |
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| Examples of Aortic and Mitral Valve Area Calculations | |
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| Use of Valve Resistance for Aortic Stenosis | |
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| Measurement of Cardiac Output | |
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| Fick Oxygen Consumption Method | |
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| Indicator Dilution Cardiac Output Principle | |
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| Angiographic Cardiac Output | |
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| Differences Among Cardiac Output Techniques | |
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| Intracardiac Shunts | |
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| Equipment Used for Hemodynamic Study | |
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| Hemodynamic Recording Techniques | |
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| Hemodynamic Examples and Artifacts | |
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| Electrocardiography in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Components of the Electrocardiogram | |
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| Angiographic Data | |
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| Coronary Arteriography | |
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| Problems and Solutions in the Interpretation of Coronary Angiograms | |
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| Ventriculography | |
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| Ascending Aortography | |
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| Abdominal Aortography | |
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| Pulmonary Angiography | |
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| Peripheral Vascular Angiography | |
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| X-Ray Image | |
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| Digital Angiography | |
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| Radiation Safety | |
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| Injectors and Contrast Materials | |
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| Angiographic Catheters | |
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| Medications Used in Coronary Angiography | |
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| Pacemakers | |
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| Electrophysiologic Studies and Ablation Techniques | |
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| Technical Aspects | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Utility of Electrophysiologic Study for Specific Diagnosis | |
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| Catheter Ablation | |
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| Research Techniques | |
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| Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Ventriculography | |
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| Myocardial Blood Flow | |
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| Myocardial Metabolism | |
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| Coronary Sinus Catheterization | |
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| Doppler Coronary Flow Velocity Techniques | |
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| Combined Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Methodologies | |
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| High-Fidelity Micromanometer-Tip Pressure Measurements | |
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| Physiologic Maneuvers in the Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Special Techniques | |
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| Transseptal Heart Catheterization | |
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| Direct Transthoracic Left Ventricular Puncture | |
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| Endomyocardial Biopsy | |
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| Coronary Sinus Catheterization | |
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| Pericardiocentesis | |
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| Intravascular Foreign Body Retrieval | |
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| Transluminal Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy | |
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| Special Conditions | |
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| High-Risk Cardiac Catheterization | |
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| High-Risk Patient | |
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| Incidence of Complications in the High-Risk Patient | |
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| Management of Arrhythmias in High-Risk Patients | |
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| Cardiac Support Devices | |
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| Interventional Techniques | |
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| Percutaneous Coronary Interventions | |
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| Valvuloplasty | |
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| Documentation in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Health Care Quality Standards to Reduce Medical Malpractice | |
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| Medical Record: General Points | |
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| Minimum Documentation in the Catheterization Laboratory | |
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| Charting Recommendations for Outpatient Catheterization | |
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| Documentation for Medical Treatment Problems or Complications: Events Requiring an Incident Report | |
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| Equipment Failure | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Invasive Cardiovascular Examinations and Procedures | |
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| Heart Diagrams | |
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| Functional Anatomy of the Heart | |
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| Tables of Units, Calculations, and Conversions | |
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| Radiologic Configuration of Prosthetic Heart Valves | |
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| Basic Electrocardiography | |
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| Methods for Common Drugs | |