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