Now you have a dependable guide to the practical application of hemodynamics. This concise handbook will help both practicing and prospective clinicians better understand and interpret the hemodynamic data used to make specific diagnoses and monitor ongoing therapy.Written from the perspective of a clinician, this convenient paperback opens with an overview of the basics of hemodynamics, then devotes chapters to specific disease states. Topics include:• coronary artery disease• cardiomyopathies• valve disease• arrhythmias• pericardial diseaseNumerous pressure tracings throughout the book reinforce the text by demonstrating what you will see in daily practice. To extract as much useful information as possible from the hemodynamic data obtained from your patients, be sure to consult Cardiovascular Hemodynamics for the Clinician.
Author(s): George Stouffer
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 314
Cardiovascular Hemodynamics for the Clinician......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
List of Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Part I Basics of hemodynamics......Page 13
1 Introduction to basic hemodynamic principles......Page 15
2 The nuts and bolts of right heart catheterization and PA catheter placement......Page 29
3 Normal hemodynamics......Page 49
4 Arterial pressure......Page 69
5 The atrial waveform......Page 79
6 Cardiac output......Page 93
7 Detection, localization, and quantification of intracardiac shunts......Page 101
Part II Valvular heart disease......Page 111
8 Aortic stenosis......Page 113
9 Mitral stenosis......Page 125
10 Aortic regurgitation......Page 137
11 Mitral regurgitation......Page 147
12 The tricuspid valve......Page 157
Part III Cardiomyopathies......Page 165
13 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy......Page 167
14 Heart failure......Page 181
15 Restrictive cardiomyopathy......Page 191
Part IV Pericardial disease......Page 195
16 Constrictive pericarditis......Page 197
17 Cardiac tamponade......Page 209
18 Effusive—constrictive pericarditis......Page 221
Part V Miscellaneous......Page 225
19 Right ventricular myocardial infarction......Page 227
20 Pulmonary hypertension......Page 235
21 Coronary hemodynamics......Page 245
22 Hemodynamics of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation......Page 257
23 Arrhythmias......Page 267
24 Hemodynamics of pacemakers......Page 277
25 Unknowns......Page 287
Appendices......Page 301
Index......Page 307
