| Preface to Second Edition | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Contributors | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| History of the Development and Application of Cardiac Catheterization including Interventional Procedures | p. 3 |
| Catheterization Laboratory Organization, Administration, and Related Issues | p. 11 |
| Traditional and Nontraditional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Settings | p. 13 |
| Training and Training Requirements for Cardiac Catheterization | p. 27 |
| Aspects of Catheterization Laboratory Administration | p. 37 |
| Conflicts of Interest in the Catheterization Laboratory: Identification and Avoidance | p. 45 |
| General Cardiac Catheterization: Application to Both Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures | p. 53 |
| Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient for Cardiac Catheterization | p. 55 |
| Complications of Cardiac Catheterization and Strategies to Reduce Risk | p. 72 |
| Review of General Catheterization Techniques | p. 90 |
| Catheters, Sheaths, Guidewires, Needles and Related Equipment | p. 111 |
| Radiographic Techniques Used in Cardiac Catheterization | p. 141 |
| Principles and Applications of Digital Imaging in Cardiac and Coronary Angiography | p. 162 |
| Radiographic Contrast Agents | p. 183 |
| Recording Cardiovascular Variables | p. 196 |
| Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Techniques | p. 209 |
| Indications and Contraindications for Diagnostic Catheterization | p. 211 |
| Ventriculography | p. 221 |
| Coronary Angiography | p. 238 |
| Noncardiac Angiography | p. 275 |
| Blood Flow Measurement | p. 321 |
| Pressure Measurement and Determination of Vascular Resistance | p. 355 |
| Shunt Detection and Quantification | p. 372 |
| Assessment of Cardiovascular Function | p. 394 |
| Quantification of Vascular Stenoses | p. 430 |
| Valve Function: Stenosis and Regurgitation | p. 443 |
| Coronary and Noncoronary Therapeutic (Interventional) Cardiac Catheterization Techniques | p. 467 |
| Indications, Contraindications, and Patient Selection for Coronary Artery Interventions | p. 469 |
| Introduction to Coronary Angioplasty | p. 481 |
| Complex Coronary Angioplasty | p. 494 |
| Coronary Atherectomy: Directional, Rotational, and Extraction Techniques | p. 526 |
| Laser Angioplasty Techniques for Coronary Artery Intervention | p. 549 |
| Stents for Coronary Artery Intervention | p. 562 |
| Acute and Threatened Closure: Indications and Use of the Gianturco-Roubin Intracoronary Stent | p. 577 |
| Balloon Valvuloplasty: Indications, Techniques, and Results | p. 593 |
| Specific Clinical States and Their Assessment and Intervention by Catheter Techniques | |
| The Patient with Known or Suspected Coronary Heart Disease: Stable Ischemic Syndromes | p. 613 |
| The Patient with Known or Suspected Coronary Heart Disease: Unstable Ischemic Syndromes | p. 641 |
| The Patient with Valvular Heart Disease | p. 687 |
| Evaluation for Cardiac Transplantation and Follow-up of the Cardiac Transplant Recipient | p. 730 |
| The Patient with Known or Suspected Pericardial Disease | p. 751 |
| The Adult Patient with Known or Suspected Congenital Heart Disease | p. 765 |
| The Patient with Known or Suspected Disease of the Aorta | p. 783 |
| The Patient with Known or Suspected Arrhythmias | p. 807 |
| Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias | p. 830 |
| Appendix: Useful Cardiovascular Equations, Physical Quantities, and Nomograms | p. 841 |
| Index | p. 853 |
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