Complication Management In The Cardiac Catheter Laboratory

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

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