Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems

ISBN-13: 9781118965030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 448 str.

Nguyen, Thach; Hu, Dayi; Chen, Shao Liang

Opis

Patients with complex cardiovascular problems pose a special management challenge for both the specialist and the non-specialist. This book helps you approach difficult cases with the confidence to strategically map care, understand the risk profile of your patient, and make effective treatment decisions.

• Dependable and succinct content provides? high yield information for the busy cardiologist
• Take home call outs, and critical thinking boxes provide candid advice on incorporating guidelines and evidence based medicine into your practice
• New convenient pocket-sized format
• New chapter addressing cardiovascular problems in women
• Discussion of high risk factors for and strategic care mapping encourage clinical focus
• Clinical pearls offer expert advice on topical issues
• Includes emerging trends and clinical trials keeping you up to date

Patients with complex cardiovascular problems pose a special management challenge for both the specialist and the non–specialist. This book helps you approach difficult cases with the confidence to strategically map care, understand the risk profile of your patient, and make effective treatment decisions.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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

Blurb

Patients with complex cardiovascular problems pose a special management challenge for both the specialist and the non–specialist. This book helps you approach difficult cases with the confidence to strategically map care, understand the risk profile of your patient, and make effective treatment decisions.

• Dependable and succinct content provides high yield information for the busy cardiologist
• Take home call outs, and critical thinking boxes provide candid advice on incorporating guidelines and evidence based medicine into your practice
• Discussion of high risk factors for and strategic care mapping encourage clinical focus
• Clinical pearls offer expert advice on topical issues
• Includes emerging trends and clinical trials keeping you up to date

Covering
Hyperlipidemia,
Hypertension
Stable coronary artery disease
Acute coronary syndrome
ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Heart failure (stage A, B and C) and decompensated heart failure (ADHF and Stage D)
Atrial fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia
Syncope
Aortic stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
The older patient
Plus a brand new chapter on cardiovascular problems in women

This title is an essential companion for your cardiac practice.

Praise for the Third Edition

"What the practicing cardiologist really needs is a text that emphasizes unbiased, up to date information and that places this information into an appropriate context. The third edition of Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence–based Medicine Approach, carefully edited by Dr Thach N. Nguyen and his co–Editors, does precisely this".
From the Foreword by Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

"A very useful and concise tool that will assist physicians editors have accomplished a monumental task ...a great addition to the library of those involved in the field."
From a review in Journal of the American Medical Association

"Summarizes recent clinical data and offers the most appropriate treatment strategies ... it incorporates the most recent randomized trials."
Doodys Reviews