Clinical Resources by Topic: Cardiovascular Disorders

Cardiac Catheterization Clinical Resources

Geriatrics | Radiology | Clinical Guidelines | News | Miscellaneous Resources

• The Merck Manual 17th Ed.-1999: Table of contents
  • Chapter 198. Diagnostic Cardiovascular Procedures: Table of contents
    • General: Access document
    • Invasive Procedures: Access document
      • Peripheral Venous Catheterization: Access document
      • Central Venous Catheterization: Access document
      • Arterial Catheterization: Access document
        • Pulmonary Artery Catheterization: Access document
      • Cardiac Catheterization: Access document
        • Angiocardiography: Access document
        • Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Access document
• Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Cardiac Catheterization (Left Heart): Access document
  • Swan-Ganz Catheterization: Access document
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Access document
• Introduction to Cardiothoracic Imaging (Yale University): Table of contents
  • Imaging Technology: Table of contents
    • Coronary Angiography: Table of contents

Geriatrics Resources   See also General Geriatrics Resources

• Merck Manual of Geriatrics: Table of contents
  • Chapter 84. Diagnostic Evaluation: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • History and Physical Examination: Access document
    • Diagnostic Procedures: Access document
      • Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography: Access document

Radiology Resources   See also General Radiology Resources

• Radiology (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Central Venous Access: Access document
  • Basic Fluid Dynamics Principles - Application to Percutaneous Intervention: Access document
  • Embolization, Hemorrhage: Access document
  • Embolization, Vascular Lesions: Access document
  • Vascular and Solid Organ Trauma - Interventional Radiology: Access document

Clinical Guidelines

• American Heart Association: Homepage
  • Scientific Statements: List of documents
    • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Adjunctive Pharmacotherapy in Women (2005): Access document
    • ACC/AHA 2004 Guideline Update for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Summary Article (2004): Access document (PDF)
    • Management of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization (2003): Access document
    • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines) (2001): Executive summary | Full text
    • American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Competence Statement on Invasive Electrophysiology Studies, Catheter Ablation, and Cardioversion (2000): Access document
    • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (1999): Executive summary
    • Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Update on Applications for Extracranial Arteries (1999): Access document
    • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Angiography (1999): Executive summary | Full text
    • Carotid Stenting and Angioplasty (1998): Access document
    • Pediatric Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization (1998): Access document
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: MeSH browse | Detailed search
  • Heart Catheterization (MeSH browse): List of documents
  • Catheterization (Keyword search): List of documents
  • Angiography (MeSH browse): List of documents
  • Angiography (Keyword search): List of documents

News Resources

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Homepage
  • Cardiology News: List of documents
    • Catheterization (Keyword search): List of documents
    • Angiography (Keyword search): List of documents

Miscellaneous Catheterization Clinical Resources

• HealthWeb: Homepage
  • Cardiology: Table of contents
    • Educational Resources: List of documents
    • Electronic Journals: List of documents
    • Continuing Education: List of documents
    • Associations: List of documents
    • Discussion Groups: List of documents
    • Consumer Health Resources: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Heart Diseases
  Additional Heart Diseases resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
• YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Cardiology
  Additional Cardiology resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)