Part I Before the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Examination and treatment planning -- Part II In the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Procedural complications -- Periprocedural complications -- Error management -- Error management in interventional cardiology -- Part III After the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Patient follow-up -- Service section.

The management of complications in the cardiac catheterization laboratory systematically prepared for the prospective interventional cardiologist and already existing "heart teams". patient care Risk stratification, patient preparation Legally compliant clarification and documentation Aftercare of the patient Procedural complications Puncture site related For wire placement, catheter placement PTCA associated, stent associated Drug and mechanical thrombus management Periprocedural complications Hemodynamic management, cardiogenic shock and use of support systems Airway Management Conscious sedation in the cath lab Contrast allergy and contrast induced nephropathy CPR in the cath lab Error management Teamwork Error culture. What can we learn from aviation Concrete training recommendations, simulation trainings Guideline-based therapy and training according to European Society of Cardiology German Society for Cardiology Recommendations of the Simulation Working Group of the DGK and the AGIK This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.