" ... written specifically by and for nurses and technicians! Topics include ECG interpretation, intracardiac pressure measurement, radiography, intracoronary Doppler, intravascular ultrasound, duties of technical staff, angiography and cardiac catheterization, PTCA, stents, atherectomy, laser, nursing care, valvuloplasty and balloon pericardiotomy, electrophysiology, cardiac pacing, endomyocardial biopsy, foreign body retrieval, pediatric interventional cardiology, cardiac pharmacology, and cath lab emergencies."--Publisher.

Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology -- Electrocardiology and rhythm interpretation -- Radiography -- Contrast media -- Cardiac computer tomography -- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- Asepsis in the cardiovascular catheterization laboratory -- Cath lab staff duties -- Nursing care of the interventional cardiac procedure patient -- Diagnostic catheterization -- Hemodynamics -- Intravascular ultrasound -- Functional assessment of coronary artery disease -- Percutaneous coronary angioplasy -- Intravascular stents -- Distal embolization protection -- Athrectomy and thrombectomy -- Cardiac defect closure devices -- Septal alcohol ablation -- Percutaneous valve commissurotomy, repair, and replacement -- Endomyocardial biopsy -- Electrophysiology -- Cardiac pacing -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- Hemostasis and vascular closure devices -- Pediatric interventional cardiology -- Percutaneous carotid angiography and intervention -- Renal artery interventions -- Lower extremity angiography and intervention -- Endovascular abdominal aneursym repair -- Foreign body retrieval -- Emergencies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Defibrillation and resynchronization -- Intra-aortic balloon pump and other cardiac assist devices -- Balloon pericardotomy -- Temporary cardiac pacing -- Cardiac pharmacology -- Cardiovascular research.