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Works Sited Reference:

INVASIVE

 

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Cardiac-Procedures-and-Surgeries_UCM_303939_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

 

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/interventional-radiology/procedures/pta/index.html

 

Coronary Atherectomy/Rotoblator

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Cardiac-Procedures-and-Surgeries_UCM_303939_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

 

Intravascular Ultrasound

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007266.htm

 

Electrophysiology & Ablation

http://www.melbourneheartrhythm.com.au/learn/procedures/49-ventricular-tachycardia-heart-disease

 

implantable defibrillator

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/hw12/6046/spec/hw126046spec

Last Revised: September 12, 2012

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology & Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology

 

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health/care/consumer/health-wellness/conditions-diseases

 

Left Atrial Appendage Closure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_atrial_appendage_occlusion

 

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/What-is-TAVR_UCM_450827_Article.jsp#.WhBwaUtrw6h

 

MitraClip Procedure

http://heart.ucla.edu/interventional-cardiology/mitraclip

 

Percutaneous ASD / PFO Closure

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1839563-overview

Van de Bruaene A, Stroobants D, Benit E. Percutaneous closure of inter-atrial communications (atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale): single-centre experience and mid-term follow-up. Acta Cardiol. 2015 Apr. 70(2):133-40. [Medline].

 

Ates AH, Sunman H, Aytemir K, et al. Prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale; one year follow-up study with magnetic resonance imaging and Holter monitoring. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2015 Jan. 43(1):38-46. [Medline].

 

 

NON-INVASIVE Procedures

 

Exercise Echocardiography

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/Testing-for-Heart-Valve-Problems_UCM_450776_Article.jsp#.WhB2H0trw6g

 

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/Testing-for-Heart-Valve-Problems_UCM_450776_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

 

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/heart_tests_when_do_you_need_them-health/article_em.htm

 

Event Monitoring

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/book/export/html/4873

 

Signal Averaged Electrocardiogram

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/cardiovascular/signal-averaged_electrocardiogram_92,P07984

 

Cholesterol Reduction Program

http://heartinsight.heart.org/May-2014/Keep-Your-Cholesterol-in-Check/

Sources: Ximena Jimenez, M.S., R.D.N., L.D., registered dietitian and national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association); and Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., senior scientist and director of Tufts University’s Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and Tufts’ Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston. Lichtenstein served as vice c hair of the expert panel that wrote the new cholesterol guidelines.

 

Cardio Perfusion Scan

https://www.cardiosmart.org/Healthwise/hw23/4936/hw234936

 

 

VASCULAR SERVICES

 

Angiography

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=hw201112

 

Peripheral Angioplasty

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/VascularHealth/PeripheralArteryDisease/Peripheral-Angiogram_UCM_441649_Article.jsp#.WhB-Xktrw6h

 

Endovascular Stent

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/abn3/549/abn3549

 

Rotational Atherectomy

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/hw10/1454/hw101454

 

Enhanced Counter Pulsation Therapy (ECP)

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/angina/treatment

 

 

NUCLEAR IMAGING

 

Wall Motion Studies (MUGA Scan)

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/SymptomsDiagnosisofHeartAttack/Radionuclide-Ventriculography-or-Radionuclide-Angiography-MUGA-Scan_UCM_446354_Article.jsp#.WhCbOktrx0s

 

Renal Scan

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003790.htm