Cardiology is becoming an increasingly complex field understood by only a select group of medical specialists. This publication demystifies many difficult topics in interventional cardiology and cardiac catheterisation, commencing with the basics of laboratory instrumentation and technology and progressing to a comprehensive review of both new and established cardiac interventions.

Unlike other publications that are directed mainly towards clinicians, this text is specifically written to assist newcomers such as such as medical trainees, nurses, technicians, scientific staff and other allied health professionals understand the wonders of interventional cardiology, and includes extensive explanations of the techniques of angiography, and new percutaneous.

The comprehensive information presented herein, written by recognised specialists in their respective fields, will no doubt prove of great benefit to clinician and non-medical specialist alike.

Review

This second edition offers a broad and complete overview of interventional cardiology and provides a multiteam, broad overview of instrumentation, patient safety, and diagnostic and interventional procedures in the catheterization laboratory.It is an excellent resource for physicians and learners at all levels. It is a welcome addition to the literature in interventional and structural cardiology.

Contents

PART 1: INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNOLOGY
PART 2: PATIENT CARE AND LABORATORY SAFETY
PART 3: PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
PART 4: DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
PART 5: PERCUTANEOUS CAROTID INTERVENTIONS
PART 6: INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
PART 7: INTERVENTIONS FOR ARRHYTHMIAS