Book description
The essential resource on cardiac hemodynamics-now in a new edition
Hemodynamic Rounds, Third Edition is intended to help
cardiologists and other members of the medical community enhance their
understanding of cardiac physiology and its associated hemodynamic
presentations in health and disease, including the basic principles of
flow and pressure measurements; systemic as well as coronary
hemodynamics in normal and diseased states; and changes in
hemodynamics following interventional procedures ranging from
valvuloplasty to stent placement.
Like its popular predecessors, this new edition draws on case studies
to illustrate characteristic cardiac hemodynamic findings and discuss
the essential methods used in interpreting pressure waveforms as a
diagnostic and monitoring tool.
The text is organized into chapters on specific areas of the heart,
common cardiac anomalies, and hemodynamic situations resulting from
different therapeutic procedures, and includes both normal and
abnormal pressure waveforms. This new edition includes thoroughly
revised and updated chapters on specific topics, including:
- Mitral stenosis and mitral valvuloplasty
- Low-gradient aortic valve stenosis
- Pitfalls of right heart hemodynamics
- Aortic and pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty
- Coronary hemodynamics for angioplasty and stenting
- Hemodynamic evaluation of stenotic bioprosthetic mitral valves
- Evaluation of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathies
- Understanding cardiac pathophysiology from bedside hemodynamic study
Hemodynamic Rounds, Third Edition, is the only book on the
market that specifically addresses comprehensive cardiac hemodynamic
findings, reviewing blood pressure tracings collected from the cardiac
catheterization lab on all aspects of cardiovascular disease, as well
as normal cardiac function. It is an indispensable tool for all
physicians, nurses, and students measuring and interpreting cardiac
waveforms in cardiac diagnosis and monitoring.
Bruce R. Hopkins is a senior partner with the firm
Polsinelli Shughart PC. He is also the author or coauthor of more than
twenty-five books, all published by Wiley, including The Law of
Tax-Exempt Organizations, Ninth Edition; The New Form 990; and
Nonprofit Law Made Easy. Hopkins earned his juris doctorate and master
of laws degrees at The George Washington University. He has practiced
law for forty years and is a member of the District of Columbia and
Missouri bars.
Virginia C. Gross is a shareholder of Polsinelli Shughart PC.
Ms. Gross concentrates her practice in the field of nonprofit law and
is a frequent writer and speaker on nonprofit issues. She is listed in
The Best Lawyers in America for nonprofit organizations/charity law
for 2008 and 2009. She is a coauthor of The New Form 990,
published by Wiley. Ms. Gross earned her juris doctorate at the
University of Texas. She is a member of the District of Columbia,
Texas, Missouri, and Kansas bars.
