Cardiovascular Hemodynamics for the Clinician, 2nd Edition, provides a useful, succinct and understandable guide to the practical application of hemodynamics in clinical medicine for all trainees and clinicians in the field. Cardiovascular Hemodynamics for the Clinician, 2nd Edition, provides a useful, succinct and understandable guide to the practical application of hemodynamics in clinical medicine for all trainees and clinicians in the field. List of contributors, viii Part I: Basics of hemodynamics 1 Introduction to basic hemodynamic principles, 3James E. Faber and George A. Stouffer 2 The nuts and bolts of right heart catheterization and PA catheter placement, 17Vickie Strang and George A. Stouffer 3 Normal hemodynamics, 37Alison Keenon, Eron D. Crouch, James E. Faber and George A. Stouffer 4 Arterial pressure, 56George A. Stouffer 5 The atrial waveform, 69David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer 6 Cardiac output, 82Frederick M. Costello and George A. Stouffer 7 Detection, localization, and quantification of intracardiac shunts, 91Frederick M. Costello and George A. Stouffer Part II: Valvular heart disease 8 Aortic stenosis, 103David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer 9 Hemodynamics of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement, 119John P. Vavalle, Michael Yeung, Thomas G. Caranasos and Cassandra J. Ramm 10 Mitral stenosis, 129Robert V. Kelly, Chadwick Huggins and George A. Stouffer 11 Aortic regurgitation, 143George A. Stouffer 12 Mitral regurgitation, 154Robert V. Kelly, Mauricio G. Cohen and George A. Stouffer 13 The tricuspid valve, 163David A. Tate and George A. Stouffer 14 Hemodynamic findings in pulmonic valve disease, 171Cynthia Zhou, Anand Shah and George A. Stouffer Part III: Cardiomyopathies 15 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 185Jayadeep S. Varanasi and George A. Stouffer 16 Heart failure, 200Geoffrey T. Jao, Steven Filby and Patricia P. Chang 17 Restrictive cardiomyopathy, 212David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer Part IV: Pericardial disease 18 Constrictive pericarditis, 221David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer 19 Cardiac tamponade, 234Siva B. Mohan and George A. Stouffer 20 Effusive constrictive pericarditis, 248Eric M. Crespo, Sidney C. Smith and George A. Stouffer Part V: Hemodynamic support 21 Hemodynamics of intra ]aortic balloon counterpulsation, 255Richard A. Santa ]Cruz and George A. Stouffer 22 Hemodynamics of left ventricular assist device implantation, 266Brett C. Sheridan and Jason N. Katz Part VI: Coronary hemodynamics 23 Coronary hemodynamics, 279David P. McLaughlin, Samuel S. Wu and George A. Stouffer 24 Fractional flow reserve, 288Paul M. Johnson, Shriti Mehta, Prashant Kaul and George A. Stouffer Part VII: Miscellaneous 25 Right ventricular myocardial infarction, 301Robert V. Kelly, Mauricio G. Cohen and George A. Stouffer 26 Pulmonary hypertension, 310Lisa J. Rose ]Jones, Daniel Fox, David P. McLaughlin and George A. Stouffer 27 Hemodynamics of arrhythmias and pacemakers, 321Rodrigo Bolanos, Kimberly A. Selzman, Lukas Jantac and George A. Stouffer 28 Systematic evaluation of hemodynamic tracings, 341George A. Stouffer Index, 357