Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

Abstract

Those of us who learned cardiac catheterization by the journeymanapprentice method would have given our eyeteeth for this book. Those who now take up catheterization will be grateful to William Grossman for carefully organizing the efforts of 24 distinguished contributors in an allmeat, no-fat presentation. Twenty-seven chapters cover the techniques of catheterization, His bundle electrography, pacing and angiography, hemodynamic principles, and evaluation of function under basal conditions and induced challenges. A profiles section gives characteristic findings and appropriate case reports in valve disease, coronary disease, pulmonary embolism, cardiomyopathies, pericardial disorders, and congenital heart disease. A valuable insert by a master of noninvasive techniques, Ernest Craige, demonstrates the utility of echocardiography, pulse recordings, and systolic time intervals—atraumatic methods that complement catheterization. For authority of presentation and sheer quality of important information it is difficult to choose among this array of well-illustrated and selectively referenced discussions. The authors' names ensure a