Right heart catheterization

Jonathan S. Roberts, MD;  Jianli Niu, MD, PhD;  Christopher Alexander, MSc;  Juan A. Pastor-Cervantes, MD

Arun K Nagabandi, MBBS¹; Supawat Ratanapo, MD²; Hoyle Whiteside, MD³; Deepak Kapoor, MD, FACC, FSCAI³

¹Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida; ²Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand; ³Augusta University Medical College of Georgia

Tammy Chandler, RN, MSN, ACNS, Sonyette Farrier, RCVT, James Jones, RN, MSN, Angela Pope, RN, MSN, Pearl Roberts, RN, MED, Donna Rosin, RN, BSN, Jessica Smith, RN, MSN, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Andrés M. Pineda, MD¹;  Saqib A. Gowani, MD²;  Christos G. Mihos, DO¹;  Nirat Beohar, MD¹;  Orlando Santana, MD¹

Mu-Yang Hsieh, MD¹;  Tsung-Yan Chen, MD¹;  Lin Lin, MD¹;  Min-Tsun Liao, MD¹;  Ren-Huei Wang, RN¹;  Ruei-Cheng Kuo, RT¹;  Chao-Lun Lai, MD^1,2,3,4,5;  Chih-Cheng Wu, MD^1,3,4,6,7

Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS¹, Mfonobong Ikpim, BS, RT(R)², Fahad Alghamdi, BS², Xinmin Liu, BS, RT(R)² 

¹Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Health Professions; Senior Staff Technologist, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²Jefferson School of Health Professions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The authors can be contacted via Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS, at richardmerschen@verizon.net.

Richard E. Kidd, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, RN III Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and MUSC College of Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner candidate, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina