Packed with useful information, The Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 4th Edition, by Drs. Morton J. Kern, Michael J. Lim, and Paul Sorajja, is the perfect hands-on resource for physicians, nurses, and technicians who need to understand and perform these complex procedures. Easy-to-read text, hundreds of clear images, and narrated videos from Dr. Kern ensure that health care workers at all levels have quick access to easily accessible guidelines on procedures and patient care.

New to this Edition
•Includes new content on correction of mitral regurgitation with Mitra Clip™, enhanced coverage of aortic valve stenosis with TAVR, expansion of biodegradable and drug-eluting stents, enhanced descriptions of lesion assessment, chronic total occlusion intervention, and radial access approach to intervention.


•Covers the latest treatment of mitral valve regurgitation and mitral stenosis, new procedural enhancements for the treatment of aortic valve stenosis, and chronic total occlusion intervention technique updates.


Key Features
•Features a wealth of quick-reference tables, more than 500 images, and an expanded collection of high-quality videos - making this handbook a must-have reference for physicians and staff members in every cath lab.


•Includes a chapter dedicated to interventional pharmacology.




•Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices.


Author Information
By Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California; Chief of Medicine, Long Beach Veterans Health Care System, Long Beach, California; Michael J Lim, MD, Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care (C4), Director, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Jack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor in Cardiology, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Director, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Programs, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and Paul Sorajja, MD, Director, Center for Valve and Structural Heart Disease, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 1: The Basics of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Chapter 2: Vascular Access,

Chapter 3: Interventional Pharmacology

Chapter 4: Intravascular Lesion Assessment - Physiology and Imaging

Chapter 5: Adjunctive Devices -Non-Balloon Coronary Interventional Techniques and Devices: Rotational Atherectomy, Thrombectomy, Cutting Balloons, and Embolic Protection

Chapter 6: Stents, Restenosis, and Stent Thrombosis

Chapter 7: Treatment of Coronary Bifurcations

Chapter 8: Chronic Total Occlusions

Chapter 9: High Risk Patients and Interventions

Chapter 10: Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Chapter 11: Peripheral Vascular Intervention

Chapter 12: Aortic, Renal, Subclavian and Carotid Interventions

Chapter 13: Mitral Stenosis

Chapter 14: Mitral Regurgitation

Chapter 15: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty

Chapter 16: Congenital Defects

Chapter 17: Pericardiocentesis

Chapter 18: Septal Ablation for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Chapter 19: Percutaneous Repair of Paravalvular Prosthetic Regurgitation

Chapter 20: Left Atrial Appendage Therapies