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How a narrowed pulmonary vein can be widened with a balloon, and sometimes a stent, passed across the atrial septum from a vein in the leg. Original diagrams; covers causes, risks, recovery and kit.
How tiny samples of heart muscle are taken from the left ventricle with a catheter to help diagnose conditions such as myocarditis or cardiomyopathy. Original diagrams; covers risks, recovery and kit.
How transcaval TAVI crosses from the main vein (IVC) into the aorta in the abdomen to deliver a new aortic valve, then closes the connection with a plug. Original diagrams; covers risks and kit.
How TAVI can be done through the carotid artery in the neck, as a hybrid theatre case with surgical cut-down, when the leg arteries are unsuitable. Original diagrams; covers risks, recovery and kit.
How TAVI can be done through the axillary artery under the collarbone when the leg arteries are unsuitable, with original diagrams of access, protection and closure. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
How a leak around the edge of a replaced heart valve can be closed with a plug delivered by catheter, with original diagrams for mitral and aortic leaks. Covers risks, recovery and a kit list.
How a leaking or failed tricuspid valve can be replaced through a vein in the neck or groin, without open-heart surgery, with original diagrams. Covers who it helps, risks, recovery and kit.
How a new mitral valve can be placed inside a worn-out surgical valve or ring through a vein in the leg and across the atrial septum, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
How renal denervation calms the nerves around the kidney arteries to lower blood pressure, using a catheter from the groin, with original diagrams. Covers who it may suit, risks and recovery.
How balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) opens a narrowed mitral valve with a balloon passed through a vein and across the atrial septum, with original diagrams. Covers risks and recovery.
How catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) isolates the pulmonary veins using freezing (cryoablation), heat or pulsed energy, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
How a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) protects against dangerous heart rhythms without wires inside the heart, with original diagrams of the implant. Covers risks, recovery and a kit list.
What coarctation of the aorta is and how a narrowing is opened with a balloon and stent through the groin artery, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and a kit list.
How intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) uses sound pressure waves inside a balloon to crack calcium in an artery before a stent, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
What a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) is and how the cath lab team opens the blocked artery with primary PCI, with original diagrams. Covers recovery, risks and a kit list.
What an atrial septal defect (ASD) is, the types, and how a secundum ASD is closed with a device through a vein, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and a kit list.
How mitral TEER treats a leaking mitral valve through a vein in the leg, with original diagrams of the valve, transseptal access and each step. Covers risks, recovery and a kit list.
What a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is, why it may need closing, and how a device or coil is placed through a vein or artery, with original diagrams. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
How a coronary angiogram works and who needs one, with original diagrams of the coronary arteries, wrist and groin access, catheters and X-ray views. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
What a total cavopulmonary connection (Fontan) is and why it may need a balloon or stent, with original diagrams of the anatomy, access and each step. Covers risks, recovery and kit.
