A Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine (eBook)

Reza Ardehali, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Marco Perez, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Paul Wang, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

Contributors, viii

List of Abbreviations, xi

Foreword, xv

Section I Preventive Cardiology.

Chapter 1 Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 3

Maulik Shah and Reza Ardehali

Chapter 2 Dyslipidemia, 11

Karim Sallam and Reza Ardehali

Chapter 3 Hypertension, 21

Christopher Woods and Richard Lafayette

Section II Coronary Artery Disease.

Chapter 4 Stable Angina, 35

Joshua Lehrer and William F. Fearon

Chapter 5 Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial
Infarction, 43

Joshua Lehrer and David P. Lee

Chapter 6 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 53

Yen Tibayan

Section III Heart Failure.

Chapter 7 Care of the Cardiomyopathic Patient, 69

Nicholas J. Leeper, Reza Ardehali, and Michael Fowler

Chapter 8 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure,
81

Matthew T. Wheeler and Roham T. Zamanian

Chapter 9 Heart Transplantation, 94

Jesus Almendral, Robert Maranda, and Sharon Hunt

Section IV Valvular and Vascular Disease.

Chapter 10 Valvular Heart Disease, 119

Reza Ardehali and Ingela Schnittger

Chapter 11 Diseases of the Aorta, 139

Michael Ho and David Liang

Chapter 12 Peripheral Vascular Disease, 154

Andrew Wilson, Reza Ardehali, and John Cooke

Section V Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.

Chapter 13 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter, 165

Marco Perez and Amin Al-Ahmad

Chapter 14 Supraventricular Tachycardia, 177

Marco Perez and Paul Zei

Chapter 15 Ventricular Tachycardia, 194

Jeffrey Hsing and Henry Hsia

Chapter 16 Bradycardia, 204

Jeffrey Hsing and Paul Wang

Chapter 17 Syncope, 212

Farheen Shirazi and Karen Friday

Section VI Cardiovascular Disease in Special
Populations.

Chapter 18 Congenital Heart Disease, 227

Patrick Yue

Chapter 19 Cardiology Consultation and Management of
Perioperative Complications, 239

Azar Mehdizadeh and Stanley G. Rockson

Chapter 20 Management of Pre- and Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients,
248

Mohammad Haghdoost and Ramin Beygui

Section VII Specialized Testing and Therapeutics.

Chapter 21 Adult Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 263

Anurag Gupta and Amin Al-Ahmad

Chapter 22 ECG Interpretation, 272

Marco Perez and Victor F. Froelicher

Chapter 23 Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography,
283

Shahriar Heidary and Ingela Schnittger

Chapter 24 Noninvasive Stress Testing, 293

Arvindh Kanagasundram and Victor F. Froelicher

Chapter 25 Cardiac MRI and CT, 303

Chandra Katikireddy and Michael V. McConnell

Chapter 26 Clinical Cardiac Hemodynamics, 326

Shirley Park and Euan Ashley

Chapter 27 Percutaneous Interventions, 340

Aiden O'Loughlin and Alan Yeung

Chapter 28 Pacemakers and ICD Troubleshooting, 360

Marco Perez and Paul Wang

Chapter 29 Introduction to Electrophysiology Studies, 370

Ronald Lo and Henry Hsia

Index, 381

"Practical and easily accessible at the time of decision
making, the book relays important concepts through concise and
to-the-point pearls and by utilizing algorithm charts and
illustrations." (Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and
Video Collection, 15 October 2014)
"This is a very good source of general information about current
cardiovascular practice on a basic level. It is easy to read and
follow with a special focus on contemporary guidelines and
practices. What makes this book attractive is that it is easy to
read." (Doody's, 27 January 2012)

"An accurately titled short reference work, this book is leading
out in seven sections of 29 chapters dealing with prevention,
clinical aspects of a heart attack, heart failure, valvular disease
and vascular disease, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death,
cardiovascular disease in special population and specialised
testing and therapeutics." (British Journal of Cardiology,
2011)