Complication Management In The Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, 2023

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

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.

Erhard Kaiser, MD, FESC, FSCAI

• Specialist in internal medicine, additional qualification in cardiology
Interventional Cardiologist DGK®
• Hypertensiologist DHL®
• Emergency Medicine
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
• Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
• Member of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
• Member of the German Society of Cardiology
• Member of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Member of the Working Group Interventional Cardiology of the German Society of Cardiology
• Founder and long-standing spokesman of the Simulation Working Group of the German Society of Cardiology
• Member of the Education Committee of the European Society of Cardiology 2006-2008
• Head of the CardioSkills Simulation Center Frankfurt am Main
• Head of the Vascular Academy Frankfurt am Main (VASA)
chief emergency physician