Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine

Reza Ardehali, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USAMarco Perez, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USAPaul Wang, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

“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)

• Contributors, viii List of Abbreviations, xiForeword, xvSection I Preventive Cardiology.Chapter 1 Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 3Maulik Shah and Reza ArdehaliChapter 2 Dyslipidemia, 11Karim Sallam and Reza ArdehaliChapter 3 Hypertension, 21Christopher Woods and Richard LafayetteSection II Coronary Artery Disease.Chapter 4 Stable Angina, 35Joshua Lehrer and William F. FearonChapter 5 Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 43Joshua Lehrer and David P. LeeChapter 6 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 53Yen TibayanSection III Heart Failure.Chapter 7 Care of the Cardiomyopathic Patient, 69Nicholas J. Leeper, Reza Ardehali, and Michael FowlerChapter 8 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure, 81Matthew T. Wheeler and Roham T. ZamanianChapter 9 Heart Transplantation, 94Jesus Almendral, Robert Maranda, and Sharon HuntSection IV Valvular and Vascular Disease.Chapter 10 Valvular Heart Disease, 119Reza Ardehali and Ingela SchnittgerChapter 11 Diseases of the Aorta, 139Michael Ho and David LiangChapter 12 Peripheral Vascular Disease, 154Andrew Wilson, Reza Ardehali, and John CookeSection V Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.Chapter 13 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter, 165Marco Perez and Amin Al-AhmadChapter 14 Supraventricular Tachycardia, 177Marco Perez and Paul ZeiChapter 15 Ventricular Tachycardia, 194Jeffrey Hsing and Henry HsiaChapter 16 Bradycardia, 204Jeffrey Hsing and Paul WangChapter 17 Syncope, 212Farheen Shirazi and Karen FridaySection VI Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations.Chapter 18 Congenital Heart Disease, 227Patrick YueChapter 19 Cardiology Consultation and Management of Perioperative Complications, 239Azar Mehdizadeh and Stanley G. RocksonChapter 20 Management of Pre- and Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients, 248Mohammad Haghdoost and Ramin BeyguiSection VII Specialized Testing and Therapeutics.Chapter 21 Adult Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 263Anurag Gupta and Amin Al-AhmadChapter 22 ECG Interpretation, 272Marco Perez and Victor F. FroelicherChapter 23 Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography, 283Shahriar Heidary and Ingela SchnittgerChapter 24 Noninvasive Stress Testing, 293Arvindh Kanagasundram and Victor F. FroelicherChapter 25 Cardiac MRI and CT, 303Chandra Katikireddy and Michael V. McConnellChapter 26 Clinical Cardiac Hemodynamics, 326Shirley Park and Euan AshleyChapter 27 Percutaneous Interventions, 340Aiden O'Loughlin and Alan YeungChapter 28 Pacemakers and ICD Troubleshooting, 360Marco Perez and Paul WangChapter 29 Introduction to Electrophysiology Studies, 370Ronald Lo and Henry HsiaIndex, 381