Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems (eBook)

Thach Nguyen, MD, FACC FSCAI, Director of Cardiology, Community Health System, St Mary Medical Center, Hobart, USA Dayi Hu, MD FACC FHRS FESC, Director, Heart Center of People's Hospital of Peking University, President, Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physician (CCCP), President, Chinese Society of Cardiology (CSC), China Shao Liang Chen MD, Chief of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing China Moo-Hyun Kim, MD, FACC, Associate Professor of medicine, Director, Cardiology Department, Dong A University, Busan, Korea Cindy Grines MD, Chief of Cardiology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit MI, USA

List of Contributors, vii

Foreword to the Third Edition, xvii

Preface, xix

Acknowledgements, xxi

1 Hyperlipidemia, 1
Vien T. Truong, Kim N. Huynh, Tam Ngo, Sara Shah, Hau Van Tran, Chisalu Nchekwube, Nabeel Ali and Faisal Latif

2 Hypertension, 30
Udho Thadani and Nguyen Duc Cong

3 Stable Coronary Artery Disease, 50
Mohammed Haris Umer Usman, Lê Hoàg Dúc Toàn, Lê Th.i Ngo. c Trâm, Huynh Th.i Thu Truc, An Huynh and Aman Amanullah

4 Acute Coronary Syndrome, 86
Udho Thadani, Quang Tuan Nguyen and Han Yaling

5 ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 113
Thach Nguyen, Xu Bo, Faisal Latif, Ho Thuong Dung, Duane Pinto, Pham Manh Hung, Michael Gibson and Runlin Gao

6 Heart Failure (Stages A, B and C), 141
Dan Le, Trong Ha Le, Vo~ Minh Vi^e. t, Bao V. Ho, Tuan D. Nguyen, Khalid Numan Al Azza, Hau Van Tran and Gianluca Rigatelli

7 Acute Decompensated and Chronic Stage D Heart Failure, 169
Patrick Campbell, Selim R. Krim, Thach Nguyen, Marvin Eng, Yidong Wei and Hau Van Tran and Hector Ventura

8 Atrial Fibrillation, 198
Mihail Gabriel Chelu, Ali Oto, Tuan D. Nguyen, Phan Dinh Phong, Tung Mai, Tom Bump and Rajasekhar Nekkanti

9 Ventricular Tachycardia, 233
Sorin Lazar, Bao V. Ho, Phillip Tran, Pham Nhu Hung, Thomas Bump and Evgeny Shlyakhto

10 Syncope, 266
Christopher M. Bianco, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Faisal Latif, Phan Nam Hung, Phillip Tran, Hy Tat An and Thach Nguyen

11 Aortic Stenosis, 299
Rajiv Goswami, Phillip Tran, Nguyen Lan Hieu, Aravinda Nanjundappa and Neal Kleiman

12 Mitral Regurgitation, 329
Deepak Joshi, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Marvin H. Eng, Madhur Roberts, Ngoc Quang Nguyen, Xian Kai Li and Michael Rinaldi

13 Cardiovascular Problems in Elderly Patients, 364
Daniel E. Forman and Nanette Wenger

14 Cardiovascular Problems in Women, 379
Kahroba Jahan, Ainol Shareha Sarar, Nisa Arshad, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, Amsa Arshad, Sajaj Agarwal, Thach Nguyen and Kwan Lee

Index, 406