Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation: The Essential Guide, Second Edition

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.

·  PART 1 INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNOLOGY

·  1 The cardiac imaging and monitoring systems

·  2 Non-invasive physiological monitoring

·  3 Determination of oxygen status in human blood

·  4 Coagulation and the coagulation cascade

·  5 Thrombosis, heparin and laboratory monitoring of heparin therapy

·  6 Laboratory coagulation assays

·  PART 2 PATIENT CARE AND LABORATORY SAFETY

·  7 Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory

·  8 Infection control procedures

·  9 Nursing care of the cardiac catheterisation patient

·  10 Vascular access site management and arterial closure

·  11 Medical management of the cardiac patient undergoing coronary angiography