Cardiology Secrets

Brief Author Bio: (150 words limit per author/editor) Dr. Glenn N. Levine is Master Clinician and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Levine is recognized locally, regionally, nationally and internationally for his teaching, lecturing, and educational abilities, and for his expertise in cardiovascular disease, including acute coronary syndromes (heart attack), acute and critical cardiac care, coronary revascularization (stenting) and guidelines on cardiovascular care. Dr. Levine is the recipient of 6 Baylor College of Medicine Fulbright & Jaworski, and Norton Rose Fulbright, faculty excellence awards, including those in teaching, educational leadership, and enduring educational materials. He was awarded the prestigious Baylor College of Medicine Master Clinician Lifetime Award, recognizing his clinical skills and abilities to educate others on the management of patients with cardiovascular disease. In 2019, Dr. Levine was awarded the Robertson Presidential Award for Educational Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine's highest and most prestigious award. Dr. Levine's clinical and educational leadership have also been recognized by the American Heart Association, who awarded him their Distinguished Achievement Award, and by the American College of Cardiology, who selected him to receive the prestigious Gifted Educator Award, a national award bestowed upon only one cardiologist each year. Dr. Levine has authored or edited a total of 13 educational textbooks and handbooks, including books on ECG and arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment, medical pharmacotherapy, evaluation and treatment of common cardiovascular conditions, and a 1000+ page textbook and atlas on cardiovascular disease. Dr. Levine has led and first-authored six American Heart Association Scientific Statements, including the management of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (coronary stenting), sexual activity in patients with heart disease, mediation and cardiovascular risk reduction, and pet ownership and cardiovascular risk. (From https: //www.bcm.edu/people/view/glenn-levine-m-d/b17f494c-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6)

Table of Contents Section I: Physical Examination Ch 1 CV Physical Exam Ch 2 Heart Murmurs Section II: Diagnostic Tests and Procedures Ch 3 Electrocardiogram Ch 4 Chest Radiographs Ch 5 Echocardiography Ch 6 Exercise Stress Testing Ch 7 Nuclear Cardiology Ch 8 Holter Monitors, Event Monitors, Ambulatory Monitors and Implantable Loop Recorders Ch 9 Cardiac CT Angiography Ch 10 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Ch 11 Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Ch 12 Bedside Hemodynamic Monitoring Ch 13 Endomyocardial Biopsy Ch 14 Catherization, Cardiac Angiography, IVUS and FFR Section III: Chest Pains, Angina, CAD and Acute Coronary Symptoms Ch 15 Chest Pains and Angina Ch 16 Chronic Stable Angina Ch 17 Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Ch 18 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Ch 19 Cardiogenic Shock Ch 20 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Ch 21 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Section IV: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, MYOCARDITIS, AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES Ch 22 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Ch 23 Congestive Heart Failure: Evaluation and Long Term Management Ch 24 Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Ch 25 Myocarditis Ch 26 Dilated Cardiomyopathy Ch 27 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Ch 28 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Ch 29 Cardiac Transplantation Section V: VALVULAR DISEASE, STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE, AND ENDOCARDITIS Ch 30 Aortic Valve Disease Ch 31 Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Prolapse Ch 32 Prosthetic Heart Valves Ch 33 Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis SECTION VI: ARRHYTHMIAS Ch 34 Atrial Fibrillation Ch 35 Supraventricular Tachycardia Ch 36 Ventricular Tachycardia Ch 37 Cardiac Pacemakers and Resynchronization Therapy Ch 38 Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Ch 39 Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support SECTION VII: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION Ch 40 Hypertension Ch 41 Hypercholesterolemia Ch 42 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Ch 43 Smoking Cessation: A Priority For the Cardiac Patient Ch 44 Exercise and the Heart SECTION VIII: MISCELLANEOUS CARDOVASCULAR SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES Ch 45 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Ch 46 Cardiac Manifestations of HIV/AIDS Ch 47 Cardiovascular Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders and the Vasculitides Ch 48 Cardiac Tumors Ch 49 Cocaine and the Heart Ch 50 Deep Vein Thrombosis Ch 51 Ch 52 Hypertensive Crisis Ch 53 Oral Anticoagulation Ch 54 Pericardits, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade Ch 55 Peripheral Arterial Disease Ch 56 Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation Ch 57 Pulmonary Embolism Ch 58 Pulmonary Hypertension Ch 59 Stroke and TIA Ch 60 Syncope Ch 61 Traumatic Heart Disease