Specific conditions

Abstract

This chapter covers cardiac catheterization for a number of different heart conditions, including detail on specific valve conditions such as aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) work-up for aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis and regurgitation, and pulmonary and tricuspid valves. The chapter explores the application of cardiac catheterization for pulmonary conditions, pulmonary angiography, and specific findings and procedural detail for patients with atrial and ventricular septal defects, constrictive pericarditis, pericardial tamponade, as well as cardiomyopathies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of different causes of myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries and the subsequent investigation of this group of patients.