ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care

Christiaan Vrints is past president of the Executive ACCA Board and a Nucleus Member of the Association. He is Professor of cardiology at the University of Antwerp and head of the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium.

INTRODUCTION ;
1. Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction ;
2. Training and certification in acute cardiac care ;
3. Patient safety and clinical governance ;
4. Databases, registries and quality of care ; THE PRE-HOSPITAL PHASE AND THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ;
5. Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology and prevention ;
6. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the post-cardiac arrest syndrome ;
7. The emergency medical system ;
8. Chest pain and chest pain units ;
9. Acute dyspnoea in the emergency department ; THE INTENSIVE CARDIAC CARE UNIT ;
10. Recommendations for the structure, organization and operation of the intensive cardiac care units ;
11. The intensive cardiac care unit team ;
12. The heart team in acute cardiac care ;
13. Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective ; MONITORING AND INVESTIGATIONS IN THE INTENSIVE CARDIAC CARE UNIT ;
14. Pathophysiology and clinical assessment of the cardiovascular system (including pulmonary artery catheter) ;
15. The respiratory system ;
16. Neurological conditions of the acute care patient ;
17. Monitoring of the kidney, liver and other vital organs ;
18. Blood gas analysis: acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders ;
19. Clinical assessment and monitoring of chest radiographs ;
20. Echocardiography and thoracic ultrasound ;
21. Ultrasound-guided vascular access in intensive/acute cardiac care ;
22. Computed tomography angiography and other applications of computed tomography ;
23. Cardiac magnetic resonance in the intensive cardiac unit ; PROCEDURES IN INTENSIVE CARDIAC CARE UNIT ;
24. Mechanical ventilation ;
25. Non-invasive ventilation ;
26. Temporary pacing ;
27. Pericardiocentesis ;
28. Chest tubes ;
29. Renal support therapy ;
30. Portable (short-term) mechanical circulatory support ;
31. Implanted cardiac support devices ;
32. Nutrition support in acute cardiac care ;
33. Physiotherapy in critically ill patients ;
34. Donor organ management ; THE LABORATORY IN INTENSIVE AND ACUTE CARDIAC CARE ;
35. The use of biomarkers in acute cardiovascular disease ;
36. Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes ;
37. Biomarkers in acute heart failure ;
38. Biomarkers of coagulation and thrombosis ;
39. Biomarkers of renal and hepatic failure ; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES ;
40. Atherosclerosis and thrombosis ;
41. The universal definition of myocardial infarction ;
42. Systems of care for patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI networks) ;
43. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ;
44. Fibrinolytic antithrombotic and antiplatelet drugs in acute coronary syndromes ;
45. Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction ;
46. Non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes ;
47. Percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute coronary syndromes ;
48. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery ;
49. Cardiogenic shock in patients with acute coronary syndromes ;
50. Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes ; ACUTE HEART FAILURE ;
51. Acute heart failure: epidemiology, classification and pathophysiology ;
52. Acute heart failure: early pharmacological therapy ;
53. Non-pharmacologic therapy of acute heart failure: when drugs alone are not enough ;
54. Acute heart failure: heart failure surgery and transplantation ; ARRHYTHMIAS ;
55. Conduction disturbances and pacemaker ;
56. Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias ;
57. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ; OTHER ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS ;
58. Myocarditis and pericarditis ;
59. Acute valve disease and endocarditis ;
60. Congenital heart disease in adults ;
61. Aortic emergencies ;
62. Cardiac complications in trauma ;
63. Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy ; CONCOMITANT ACUTE CONDITIONS ;
64. Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome ;
65. Pulmonary hypertension ;
66. Pulmonary embolism ;
67. Stroke ;
68. Acute kidney injury ;
69. Hyperglycaemia, diabetes and other endocrine emergencies ;
70. Bleeding and haemostatic disorders ;
71. Anaemia and transfusion ;
72. Infection, sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome ;
73. Acute pain in the intensive cardiac care unit ;
74. Acute cognitive disorders: recognition and management of delirium in the cardiovascular intensive care unit ;
75. Special conditions in the immunosuppressed patient ;
76. Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient ;
77. Perioperative management of the high risk surgical patient: cardiac surgery ;
78. Palliative care in the intensive cardiac care unit