Kern's Cardiac Catheterization Handbook

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Cardiology**

Clearly written, highly illustrated, and designed for quick reference, Kern's Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 8th Edition, is the resource of choice for every member of the cardiac cath team. Widely regarded as the “bible” of cardiac catheterization, this portable, accessible primer provides a straightforward, practical explanation of the lab and its complex procedures for cardiac fellows, residents, nurses, and all cath lab personnel. Initial chapters assist the novice with descriptions of how procedures flow, what steps to learn first, and other essential information. Later chapters are devoted to special techniques, high-risk procedures, research techniques, percutaneous coronary interventions, and optimization of outcomes―all with a focus on treatment protocols for every procedure.

• Provides clear instructions on what to expect, what to avoid, and how to manage complications for every procedure you’ll encounter―including coverage of new techniques and technologies that affect virtually all aspects of familiar procedures
• Covers all the newest catheterization techniques for vascular closure and expansion of large-bore access procedures, including TAVR, ECMO, mitraclip, and TMVR
• Discusses key topics such as intracardiac echocardiography and intraprocedural imaging, management of complications with algorithms that expedite the approach to these patients, adjunctive hemodynamic support, and maintaining quality in the laboratory
• Emphasizes indications and contraindications for procedures in the context of a multidisciplinary heart team approach
• Includes numerous clear illustrations and a newly expanded video library to enhance your understanding of the material
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Dr. Sorajja joined Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute – Minneapolis in 2013. He was previously a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic before he left to join Minneapolis Heart Institute®. Dr. Sorajja is the author of over 100 published manuscripts and book chapters, and is a national speaker in the areas of valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and complex hemodynamics. Dr. Sorajja's special interest is structural heart interventions, such as transcatheter aortic replacement (TAVR), balloon valvuloplasty, paravalvular leak repair, percutaneous valve implantation, and other similar therapies.

Michael Lim, M.D. is a board certified interventional cardiologist with 20 years of and is Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Hackensack University Medical Center. Prior to joining Hackensack Meridian Medical Group, Dr. Lim served as the Jack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor in Cardiology and Professor of Internal Medicine at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Lim has held the role of principal investigator on numerous clinical trials for conditions including mitral valve disease, cardiogenic shock and coronary artery disease. Since 1990, he has contributed more than 100 publications to medical literature, including more than 30 book chapters. He has also served as an invited faculty member at numerous national conferences.