Introduction to hemodynamic assessment in the cardiac catheterization laboratory -- Normal waveforms, artifacts, and pitfalls -- Cardiac outputs and shunts -- Mitral valve disorders -- Aortic valve disease -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and related conditions -- Right-sided heart disorders -- Pulmonary hypertension and related disorders -- Pericardial disease and restrictive myocardial diseases -- Left-ventricular hemodynamics, heart failure, and shock -- Congenital heart disease -- Coronary and peripheral artery hemodynamics -- Appendix I: Hemodynamic equations and formulas