Coronary angiography
| Coronary angiography | |
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| Coronary catheterization:Left coronary artery injection |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: coronary arteriography, cardiac arteriography, cardiac angiogram, coronary angio, coronary artery angio, coronary cath, cardiac cath
Overview
Coronary Anatomy
- Normal coronary anatomy:
- Coronary arteries
- Left coronary artery | Left main coronary artery | Left anterior descending artery | Left circumflex artery | Ramus intermedius
- Right coronary artery
- Coronary artery dominance
- Abnormal coronary anatomy:
Standard Angiographic Views
How to Assess Epicardial Coronary Blood Flow
- TIMI flow grade
- TIMI flow grade 0
- TIMI flow grade 1
- TIMI flow grade 2
- TIMI flow grade 3
- TIMI frame count (TFC)
How to Assess Myocardial Perfusion
- TIMI myocardial perfusion grade
- TIMI myocardial perfusion grade 0
- TIMI myocardial perfusion grade 1
- TIMI myocardial perfusion grade 2
- TIMI myocardial perfusion grade 3
How to Assess Thrombus or Clot
- PERFUSE thrombus grade
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 0
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 1
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 2
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 3
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 4
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 5
- PERFUSE thrombus grade 6
Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Angiography in PCI
Diagnostic Catheterization
Risk Stratification and the Benefits of PCI vs Medical Therapy | Conscious Sedation | Preparation of the Patient for Diagnostic Catheterization | Technical Aspects of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory | Obtaining Venous and Arterial Access | Equipment Used in Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterizaiton | Hemodynamic Assessment in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory | Radiation Safety
PCI in Specific Lesion Types
Classification of the Lesion | The Calcified Lesion | The Ostial Lesion | The Angulated or Tortuous Lesion | The Bifurcation Lesion | The Long Lesion | The Bridge Lesion | Vasospasm | The Chronic Total Occlusion | The Left Internal Mammary Artery | Multivessel Disease | Distal Anastomotic Lesions | Left Main Intervention | The Thrombotic Lesion
PCI Complications
Factors Associated with Complications | Vessel Perforation | Dissection | Distal Embolization | No-reflow | Abrupt Closure | Access Site Complications | Peri-procedure Bleeding | Restenosis | Renal Failure | Thrombocytopenia | Late Acquired Stent Malapposition | Loss of Side Branch | Multiple Complications | Complications During and Following Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | Coronary stent thrombosis
Complications
Complications during and following cardiac catheterization | Factors Associated with Complications | Vessel Perforation | Dissection | Distal Embolization | No-reflow | Abrupt Closure | Access Site Complications | Peri-procedure Bleeding | Renal Failure | Thrombocytopenia | Loss of Side Branch | Multiple Complications
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List of all specific lesion types | Bifurcated lesion | Calcified lesion | Chronic total occlusion | Distal anastomotic lesion | Irregular lesion | Left internal mammary artery | Long lesion | Multivessel disease | Myocardial Bridge lesion | Ostial lesion | Coronary angiography pulsatile flow | Thrombotic lesion | Torturous or angulated lesion | Ulcerated lesion | vasospasm
More About Angiography
- Overview
- Historical perspective
- Patient participation
- Contraindications
- Complications
- Equipement
- Diagnostic procedures
- Technique
- ACC-AHA characteristics of type A, B, and C coronary lesions
- Risk assessment using lesion morphologic criteria
- Quantitative angiography
- Essentials of optimal coronary angiographic projections
- Therapeutic procedures
- Advances in catheter based physical treatments
- Postmortem angiogram of coronary arteries
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