RT Book, Section A1 Kern, Morton J. A1 King III, Spencer B. A2 Samady, Habib A2 Fearon, William F. A2 Yeung, Alan C. A2 King III, Spencer B. SR Print(0) ID 1146597295 T1 Coronary and Left Ventriculographic Procedures: Special Considerations T2 Interventional Cardiology, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071820363 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146597295 RD 2024/03/28 AB Prior to Gruentzig’s seminal development of balloon angioplasty, coronary arteriograms were largely used to discriminate patients with and without coronary artery disease and to select those who should be referred for coronary bypass surgery. In the modern era, the cardiac interventionalist must be supremely competent in performing, interpreting, and understanding the studies that define the coronary anatomy and cardiac function. The unique demands of decision making for interventional cardiology require a new understanding of the principles and procedures that enable percutaneous coronary revascularization to be performed. To this end, acquiring high-quality diagnostic cardiac angiographic studies is critical. This chapter will review special considerations of coronary and left ventricular angiography.