Publisher's Synopsis
The management of complications in the cardiac catheterization laboratory systematically prepared for the prospective interventional cardiologist and already existing "heart teams".
patient care
- Risk stratification, patient preparation
- Legally compliant clarification and documentation
- Aftercare of the patient
Procedural complications
- Puncture site related
- For wire placement, catheter placement
- PTCA associated, stent associated
- Drug and mechanical thrombus management
Periprocedural complications
- Hemodynamic management, cardiogenic shock and use of support systems
- Airway Management
- Conscious sedation in the cath lab
- Contrast allergy and contrast induced nephropathy
- CPR in the cath lab
Error management
- Teamwork
- Error culture. What can we learn from aviation
- Concrete training recommendations, simulation trainings
Guideline-based therapy and training according to
- European Society of Cardiology
- German Society for Cardiology
- Recommendations of the Simulation Working Group of the DGK and the AGIK
