This book teaches the key knowledge required for the use of ultrasound to guide many catheter based cardiac therapies. While live CME courses are now covering this material there are very few textbooks on this topic. A unique aspect of
this book is that it has many images to illustrate the teaching points. The use of minimally invasive treatments of
many cardiac diseases especially by catheter based therapies and devices is a
rapidly expanding discipline in cardiology and radiology. Cardiac ultrasound particularly
echocardiography is utilized extensively to guide these therapies. Many echocardiographers are being called upon
to guide these therapies but they have not been trained in this unique use of
echocardiography.
This book presents a practical
approach for the use of imaging across a wide variety of cardiovascular
procedures. The use of catheter-based therapies is a rapidly expanding
discipline for the minimally invasive treatment of many cardiac diseases. Cardiac ultrasound, particularly
echocardiography, is utilized extensively to guide these therapies.
This text teaches the key
knowledge required for the use of ultrasound in many catheter- based cardiac
therapies. In addition to the newest
techniques such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement and transcatheter
mitral valve edge-to-edge repair, it also includes guidance on more established
procedures such as pericardiocentesis.
Intraprocedural Imaging of Cardiovascular Interventions
is an
essential resource for clinicians and interventionalists to aid their
understanding of imaging needs during various cardiovascular procedures.
