Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine

I. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors1. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Characterization of Atherosclerotic Disease Risk FactorsKevin C. Maki and Martyn R.Rubin2. Atrial HypertensionDaniel A. Duprez3. Management DyslipidemiaPeter P. Toth4. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight LossRobert F. Kushner5. Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk FactorsStephen J. Nicholls6. Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease PreventionKiran Musunuru7. The Metabolic Syndrome: 2009Charles Reasner8. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care SettingMatthew R. Weir and Miguel PortocarreroII. Coronary Artery Disease9. Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia Joshua M. Kosowsky and Calvin Huang10. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionAli Mahajerinand and Eli V. Gelfand11. ST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionEric R. Bates and Brahmajee K. Nallamothu12. Coronary Artery StentingEric A. Heller and George D. Dangas13. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Ramanan Umakanthan, Nataliya V. Solenkova, Marzia Leacche, John G. Byrne, and Rashid M. Ahmad14. Cardiac RehabilitationWilliam E. KrausIII. Peripheral Forms of Venous and Arterial Disease15. Carotid Artery Disease Andreas Kastrup16. Peripheral Arterial DiseaseJay Giri and Emile R. Mohler, III17. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary EmbolismAdam C. Schaffer and Sylvia C. W. McKean18. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale Mary P. Mullen and Michael Landzberg19. Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic StrokeAslam M. Khaja20. Aortic AneurysmsIrfan Hameed, Eric M. Isselbacher, and Kim A. Eagle21. Erectile Dysfunction Thorsten Reffelmann and Robert A. KlonerIV. Cardiac Disease22. Valvular Heart Disease Garrick C. Stewart and Patrick T. O'Gara23. Pericardial Diseases Fidencio Saldana and Leonard S. Lilly24. Common Atrial and Ventricular ArrhythmiasBlair Foreman25. Evidence-based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart FailureNicholas W. ShammasV. Cardiac Imaging26. Coronary

Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FAHA, FACC Dr. Toth is the Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Sterling Rock Falls Clinic in Sterling, IL. He is has authored and coauthored over 100 scholarly articles and chapters. He is also a visiting Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Christopher P. Cannon, MD, FACC Dr. Cannon is a Senior Investigator for the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A prominent figure in the field with an outstanding body of book and journal article publications, he is also the Series Editor for the book series Contemporary Cardiology published by Humana Press.

From the reviews:

"Dr. Toth from Sterling Illinois has done quite well for the primary care physician with aid from of Dr. Cannon from Harvard. ... Awareness of national guidelines, evidence based medicine, incorporation of the results of clinical trials and scientific clinical investigation become indispensable not only for the good of patients but also for malpractice protection of the physician. ... This book will not only guide the primary care physician appropriately but also help to bring all of optimal cardiovascular care providers into cooperative working arrangements." (William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, November, 2010)

"This is an extraordinarily useful distillation of cardiology medicine for those who are not interested in or have time for a comprehensive textbook with all the fundamental scientific background. It is a practical, everyday, in-practice book. ... As the title states, this is targeted at primary care clinicians, which it does very well. ... an absolute gem for primary care clinicians, as it gives practical guidance without overstating the vast literature being published monthly. ... a highly worthwhile publication for every primary care clinician's library." (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Review Service, April, 2011)