DESCRIPTION:
Introductory Guide to Cardiac Catheterization, Second Edition is an easy-to-follow "how-to" guide to diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization. This pocket-sized, concise manual presents practical pointers, tips, ACC/AHA guidelines, and highlighted clinical pearls and includes troubleshooting sections that provide solutions to frequently encountered problems. Numerous illustrations demonstrate the complex procedures now being performed via the catheter.
This edition has a section on complications in each chapter and a new question-and-answer review chapter. Other highlights include new safety precautions and updates on novel closure devices.
