American Heart Association Monograph, No. 20: Cooperative Study on Cardiac Catheterization.

1969 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 477
2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (06) ◽  
pp. 694-699
Author(s):  
T. Igarashi ◽  
R. Haraguchi ◽  
K. Nakazawa ◽  
Y. Mori

Summary Objectives : This paper introduces a pen-based interface for the graphical reporting of findings in cardiac catheterization. Methods : The user can interactively draw, erase, move, and deform coronary arteries as well as record stenoses on them. The location and degree of each stenosis is represented visually and the doctor can record various treatments such as bypasses and stents on the diagram. In addition, the system automatically extracts semantic information from the graphical representation and stores it in XML format. The system can also generate a table in the format specified by the American Heart Association. Results : Our current implementation is a research prototype and is not yet being used in clinical practice. However, we have already demonstrated it to medical professionals and confirmed the following benefits. Conclusions : This system is useful not only as a tool for efficiently generating reports of findings but also as an effective explanation tool for patients.


Author(s):  
W. Bruce Fye

President Harry Truman signed the National Heart Act in 1948, which resulted in the creation of the National Heart Institute and started federal funds flowing to academic centers to support cardiovascular research. Mayo cardiologist Arlie Barnes’s term as president of the American Heart Association coincided with its transformation from a low-budget professional society into a large voluntary health organization that raised funds from the public to support its programs. World War II research into shock contributed to the development of cardiac catheterization as a clinical diagnostic tool. Mayo’s wartime research program that focused on ways to protect fighter pilots from blackouts due to high gravitational forces led to the invention of technologies to measure blood pressure and blood oxygen content. Physiologist Earl Wood used these tools in Mayo’s cardiac catheterization laboratory, which was established at the institution in 1947. The clinic helped pioneer the emerging field of cardiac catheterization.


Circulation ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ COURNAND ◽  
RICHARD J. BING ◽  
LEWIS DEXTER ◽  
CHARLES DOTTER ◽  
LOUIS N. KATZ ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sripal Bangalore ◽  
Gregory W. Barsness ◽  
George D. Dangas ◽  
Morton J. Kern ◽  
Sunil V. Rao ◽  
...  

Cardiac catheterization procedures have rapidly evolved and expanded in scope and techniques over the past few decades. However, although some practices have emerged based on evidence, many traditions have persisted based on beliefs and theoretical concerns. The aim of this review is to highlight common preprocedure, intraprocedure, and postprocedure catheterization laboratory practices where evidence has accumulated over the past few decades to support or discount traditionally held practices.


2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (05) ◽  
pp. 222-232
Author(s):  
H.-H. Eckstein

ZusammenfassungNach Durchführung prospektiv-randomisierter Studien liegen für die Karotis-Thrombendarteriektomie (KarotisTEA) höhergradiger Karotisstenosen gesicherte Indikationen auf dem Evidenzlevel Ia mit dem Empfehlungsgrad A vor. Dies betrifft sowohl >50%ige symptomatische als auch >60%ige asymptomatische Stenosen (NASCET-Kriterien). In Subgruppen-Analysen aus NASCET konnten klinische und morphologische Variablen identifiziert werden, die auf ein besonders hohes Risiko eines karotisbedingten Schlaganfalls im natürlichen Verlauf hinweisen. Patienten mit folgenden Variablen profitieren daher besonders von der Karotis-TEA: Stenosegrad >90%, schlechter Kollateralkreislauf, kontralateraler Karotisverschluss, Plaque-Ulzerationen, Tandemstenosen, intraluminale Thromben, nicht-lakunärer Hirninfarkt, Lebensalter >75 Jahre, komplexes klinisches Risikoprofil, Hemisphären-TIA (vs. Amaurosis fugax), männliches Geschlecht. Der präventive Effekt der Karotis-TEA kann jedoch nur unter Beachtung eines niedrigen perioperativen Schlaganfallbzw. Letalitätrisikos realisiert werden. Nach Empfehlungen der American Heart Association (AHA) darf das perioperative Risiko 3% bei asymptomatischen Stenosen ohne kontralaterale Stenose, 5% bei asymptomatischen Stenosen mit hochgradiger kontralateraler Stenose oder Verschluss und 6% bei symptomatischen >50%ige Stenosen (NASCET-Kriterien) nicht überschreiten. Die Ergebnisse der Qualitätssicherung Karotis-TEA der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie (DGG) zeigen, dass diese maximal akzeptablen Obergrenzen zum Teil deutlich unterschritten werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt das Stenting von Karotisstenosen einen klinischen Heilversuch dar, der nur nach interdisziplinärem Konsil und/oder i. R. randomisierter Studien zulässig ist.


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