A Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine

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

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

"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)

"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)