For portable, quick access to information needed at the point of care in today's cath lab, look no farther than Kern's Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 7th Edition. This detailed, authoritative guide is ideal for cardiologists who need a quick clinical primer on cardiac catheterization, as well as for all members of the cardiac cath team. Highly readable and accessible, it helps you provide optimal patient care with reliable information on the latest diagnostic and treatment advances in this fast-paced field. Provides clear instructions on what to expect, what to avoid, and how to manage complications for every procedure youll encounter - including coverage of new techniques and technologies that affect virtually all aspects of familiar procedures. Covers all the newest catheterization techniques for vascular closure and expansion of large-bore access procedures, including TAVR, ECMO, mitraclip, and TMVR. Features a new chapter on intracardiac echocardiography and intraprocedural imaging. Discusses key topics such as intra-procedural imaging, management of complications with algorithms that expedite the approach to these patients, adjunctive hemodynamic support, and maintaining quality in the laboratory. Incorporates an increased emphasis on indications and contraindications for procedures in the context of a multidisciplinary heart team approach. Includes numerous clear illustrations to enhance your understanding of the material, as well as videos of Dr. Kern demonstrating various procedures in the cath lab. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Weight: 700g
Dimensions: 111 x 187mm
Publication Date: 05 Dec 2019
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780323597739
About Michael J LimMorton J. KernPaul Sorajja
Dr. Sorajja joined Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute - Minneapolis in 2013. He was previously a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic before he left to join Minneapolis Heart Institute®. Dr. Sorajja is the author of over 100 published manuscripts and book chapters and is a national speaker in the areas of valvular heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and complex hemodynamics. Dr. Sorajja's special interest is structural heart interventions such as transcatheter aortic replacement (TAVR) balloon valvuloplasty paravalvular leak repair percutaneous valve implantation and other similar therapies. Michael Lim M.D. is a board certified interventional cardiologist with 20 years of and is Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Hackensack University Medical Center. Prior to joining Hackensack Meridian Medical Group Dr. Lim served as the Jack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor in Cardiology and Professor of Internal Medicine at Saint Louis University in St. Louis Missouri. Dr. Lim has held the role of principal investigator on numerous clinical trials for conditions including mitral valve disease cardiogenic shock and coronary artery disease. Since 1990 he has contributed more than 100 publications to medical literature including more than 30 book chapters. He has also served as an invited faculty member at numerous national conferences. Morton J. Kern MD FSCAI FAHA FACC Professor de Medicina da Universidade da Califórnia Irvine Orange Califórnia; Chief of Medicine Health Care System Veterans Long Beach Long Beach Califórnia;