Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery.
A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients will enable nurses to fully prepare their patients and families for various cardiac intervention procedures.
Coverage includes:
- Explanations of what the heart condition is and how the procedure may relieve that condition
- Descriptions of what the patient can expect to happen before, during and after the procedure
- What nurses should observe for post procedure, and how to address any complications that may occur
- Guidelines for discharge advice
- Outlines for a pre and post care plan for each procedure – based on the latest research and experience. 
Nurses will find the book informative on common interventional procedures, but it is also designed as a tool to be dipped into when caring for patients with more unusual procedures. This practical book includes chapters on: cardiac catheterisation; percutaneous coronary intervention; percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty; removal of femoral sheaths; cardioversion; temporary and permanent pacemakers.
Preface vii
1 Access Sites of Percutaneous Procedures 1
2 Removal of Femoral Sheaths 9
3 Complications Associated with Percutaneous Coronary Procedures 21
4 Cardiac Catheterisation 33
5 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 53
6 Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 81
7 Atrial Septal Defect Closure 99
8 Electrophysiology Studies and Radio-Frequency Ablation 115
9 Cardioversion 137
10 Temporary Pacemakers 155
11 Permanent PacemakerlS8
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