Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine

Professor Lüscher studied medicine at the University of Zurich and obtained the Swiss Board in internal medicine and cardiology, then trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. In 1993-1996 he was Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Basel, then trained in interventional cardiology at the University of Bern to become Professor of Cardiology in 1996, before nominated as as Professor of Cardiology and Director of the University Heart Center and of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich. He is now Director of Research, Education & Development and Con-sulting Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals and Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and at Kings College in London. Professor Lüscher is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large experience in prevention, coronary and valvular heart disease, percutaneous interventions and heart failure.

1: T.F. Lüscher and J.E. Deanfield: Global Cardiovascular Risk
2: T.F. Lüscher, F. Beuschlein, and I. Sudano: Arterial Hypertension
3: I. Sudano and M. Hermann: Hypertensive Emergency
4: T.F. Lüscher and François Mach: Dyslipidemia
5: R. Lehmann: Metabolic Syndrome
6: R. Lehmann: Diabetes mellitus
7: I. Sudano: Smoking cessation
8: D. Fäh: Nutrition
9: C. Schmied and S. Sharma: Cardiac screening of sportsmen
10: T.F. Lüscher: Acute Chest Pain
11: O.P. Guttmann, O. Gämperli, and A. Baumbach: Angina Pectoris
12: J.-C. Kaski, J. Barton, and H. Al-Rubaye: INOCA (Ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries)
13: O.P. Guttmann, R. Binder, and A. Baumbach: Acute Coronary Syndromes
14: A. Baumbach, O. Gämperli, and R. Binder: Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome
15: C. Templin and J. Templin-Ghadri: Tako Tsubo Syndrome
16: C. Nienaber and H. Alkadhi: Acute Aortic Syndrome
17: C. Nienaber and M. Lachat: Aortic Aneurysm
18: M. Roffi and R. Binder: Carotid Stenosis
19: A. Luft and T.F. Lüscher: Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
20: N. Cheshire and B. Amann-Vesti: Peripheral Arterial Disease
21: B. Amann-Vesti: Raynaud-Phenomen
22: B. Amann-Vesti: Peripheral Edema
23: B. Amann-Vesti: Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis
24: S. Konstantinides: Acute Pulmonary Embolism
25: S. Ulrich: Pulmonary Hypertension
26: S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst: Atrial Tachycardias and Atrial Flutter
27: S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst: Atrial Fibrillation
28: B. Reissmann and P. Kirchhoff: Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation
29: S. Haldar: Indications for Pacemakers
30: J. A. Camm: Indications for ICDs
31: S. Haldar: Indications for electrode removal (PM and ICD)
32: P. Schwartz and D. Keller: Channelopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death
33: T.F. Lüscher and M. Metra: Acute Heart Failure
34: J. Cleland and T.F. Lüscher: Chronic Heart Failure
35: G. Hindricks and A.S. Shamloo: Cardiac Resynchronisationtherapy
36: B. Heidecker, S. Prasad, and U. Eriksson: (Peri-)Myokarditis
37: A. Pentazis: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
38: A. Saguner and H. Calkins: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
39: M. Gatzoulis and P. Diller: Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease
40: F. Khan and S. Windecker: Aortic Stenosis
41: F. Maisano and M. Taramasso: Mitralvalve
42: B. Prendergast, R. Büchel, and T.F. Lüscher: Endokarditis
43: C. Schmied, T.F. Lüscher, and S. Kristensen: Preoperative Check-up prior to non-cardiac operations
44: A. Davies: Scores and Classifications