Right heart catheterization

Case Report

Pitfalls in Hemodynamic Measurement of Oxygen Saturation in Right Heart Catheterization

05/06/2018

Chaya Levine¹, MD, Sunday Olatunde², MD, MPH, Norbert Moskovits³, MD

Chaya Levine1, MD, Sunday Olatunde2, ...

In our patient, the alteration in cardiac hemodynamics after a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure made the oxygen saturation from the superior vena cava a more accurate representation of systemic oxygenation.

In our patient, the alteration...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

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Rotational Atherectomy and Simultaneous Temporary Transvenous Pacing Through a Forearm Approach

03/30/2018

Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD, PhD; Theodoros Zografos, MD, PhD; Nikolaos Bourboulis, MD, PhD; Apostolos Katsivas, MD, PhD

Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD, PhD; Theodor...

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported RA procedure with transvenous pacing utilizing a complete forearm approach, which illustrates the feasibility of this procedure and its advantages for the patient.

To the best of our knowledge,...

03/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Bleeding Complications Related to Right Heart Catheterization in the Setting of Elevated INR

02/15/2018

Jared Betz, MD^1*; Kelly Jia, MD^1*; Scott Lilly, MD, PhD¹; Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD²; Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD¹; Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD¹

Jared Betz, MD1*; Kelly Jia, MD1*; ...

This study was undertaken to determine bleeding complications during right heart catheterization with an elevated international normalized ratio value.

This study was undertaken to...

02/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Patient Factors But Not the Use of Novel Anticoagulants or Warfarin Are Associated With Internal Jugular Vein Access-Site Hematoma After Right Heart Catheterization

11/29/2017

Osama Dasa, MD¹; Qaiser Shafiq, MD²; Mohammed Ruzieh, MD¹; Luai Alhazmi, MD²; Maen Al-Dabbas, MD³; Zaid Ammari, MD¹; Samer Khouri, MD²; George Moukarbel, MD²

Osama Dasa, MD1; Qaiser Shafiq, MD2;...

In a retrospective analysis, we investigated the risk of bleeding complications associated with right heart catheterization via the internal jugular vein in patients with and without full anticoagulation.

In a retrospective analysis, we...

11/29/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology