George A. Stouffer, MD. is Chief of Cardiology and the Henry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina. He served as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Director of Interventional Cardiology for 14 years before assuming his current role. He has published three textbooks and more than 120 articles, including several dealing with the hemodynamics of heart disease.

List of contributors viii

Part I: Basics of hemodynamics

1 Introduction to basic hemodynamic principles 3
James E. Faber and George A. Stouffer

2 The nuts and bolts of right heart catheterization and PA catheter placement 17
Vickie Strang and George A. Stouffer

3 Normal hemodynamics 37
Alison Keenon, Eron D. Crouch, James E. Faber and George A. Stouffer

4 Arterial pressure 56
George A. Stouffer

5 The atrial waveform 69
David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer

6 Cardiac output 82
Frederick M. Costello and George A. Stouffer

7 Detection, localization, and quantification of intracardiac shunts 91
Frederick M. Costello and George A. Stouffer

Part II: Valvular heart disease

8 Aortic stenosis 103
David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer

9 Hemodynamics of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement 119
John P. Vavalle, Michael Yeung, Thomas G. Caranasos and Cassandra J. Ramm

10 Mitral stenosis 129
Robert V. Kelly, Chadwick Huggins and George A. Stouffer

11 Aortic regurgitation 143
George A. Stouffer

12 Mitral regurgitation 154
Robert V. Kelly, Mauricio G. Cohen and George A. Stouffer

13 The tricuspid valve 163
David A. Tate and George A. Stouffer

14 Hemodynamic findings in pulmonic valve disease 171
Cynthia Zhou, Anand Shah and George A. Stouffer

Part III: Cardiomyopathies

15 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  185
Jayadeep S. Varanasi and George A. Stouffer

16 Heart failure 200
Geoffrey T. Jao, Steven Filby and Patricia P. Chang

17 Restrictive cardiomyopathy 212
David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer

Part IV: Pericardial disease

18 Constrictive pericarditis 221
David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer

19 Cardiac tamponade 234
Siva B. Mohan and George A. Stouffer

20 Effusiveconstrictive pericarditis 248
Eric M. Crespo, Sidney C. Smith and George A. Stouffer

Part V: Hemodynamic support

21 Hemodynamics of intraaortic balloon counterpulsation 255
Richard A. SantaCruz and George A. Stouffer

22 Hemodynamics of left ventricular assist device implantation 266
Brett C. Sheridan and Jason N. Katz

Part VI: Coronary hemodynamics

23 Coronary hemodynamics 279
David P. McLaughlin, Samuel S. Wu and George A. Stouffer

24 Fractional flow reserve 288
Paul M. Johnson, Shriti Mehta, Prashant Kaul and George A. Stouffer

Part VII: Miscellaneous

25 Right ventricular myocardial infarction 301
Robert V. Kelly, Mauricio G. Cohen and George A. Stouffer

26 Pulmonary hypertension 310
Lisa J. RoseJones, Daniel Fox, David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer

27 Hemodynamics of arrhythmias and pacemakers 321
Rodrigo Bolanos, Kimberly A. Selzman, Lukas Jantac and George A. Stouffer

28 Systematic evaluation of hemodynamic tracings 341
George A. Stouffer

Index 357