Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION TO HEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT IN THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY

2. NORMAL WAVEFORMS, ARTIFACTS AND PITFALLS

3. CARDIAC OUTPUT AND SHUNTS

4. MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS

5. AORTIC VALVE DISEASES

6. HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND RELATED CONDITIONS

7. RIGHT-SIDED HEART DISORDERS



8. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND RELATED DISORDERS

9. PERICARDIAL DISEASE AND RESTRICTIVE MYOCARDIAL DISEASES

10. LEFT-VENTRICULAR HEMODYNAMICS, HEART FAILURE, AND SHOCK

11. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

12. CORONARY AND PERIPHERAL ARTERY HEMODYNAMICS

APPENDIX 1 HEMODYNAMIC EQUATIONS AND FORMULAS

About the Author

Michael Ragosta, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. He specializes in interventional cardiology, heart valve disease, general cardiology and peripheral arterial disease.
Dr. Ragosta has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on 10 clinical trials involving myocardial viability, coronary collateral circulation, coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve and myocardial contrast echocardiography. He has shared his research and experience through more than 40 invited lectures or visiting professorships and by authoring or co-authoring more than 120 peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters and scientific abstracts. Dr. Ragosta is Director for Interventional Cardiology at UVA

Reviews

2018 BMA Awards: Highly Commended, Cardiology

"This will be an excellent reference for general cardiologists and trainees. It is a broad overview, representing all current topics in clinical hemodynamics and this new edition includes information on mitral and aortic transcatheter therapies."

Reviewed by Jennifer A. Davis, MD, MPH (Ochsner Clinic Foundation) Doody's Score: 100, 5 Stars!