The second edition of this exceptional handbook won the 1996 American Journal of Nursing Award for the year's most outstanding book in a major category of practice. This new third edition again provides step-by-step instructions on what to expect, what to avoid, and how to manage complications in the cath lab with valuable updates on safety requirements, new technology, and new techniques. THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION HANDBOOK takes you through a detailed review of equipment, specific laboratory techniques, and lab safety. You'll also explore the limitations, complications, and medical-surgical implications of cardiac catheterization and angiography findings. This book's portable size and spiral binding make it the preferred pocket reference for new trainees and practitioners. Provides an expanded discussion of safety requirements in the cath lab Discusses current and new lab technology and procedures Explores new approaches to vascular access and hemostasis Includes more hemodynamic examples and case results Lists updated interventional methodologies for atherectomy, stenting, and thrombus aspiration.