AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, former Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Vascular Lesions, Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque explores the most cutting-edge developments in a field grown richer through technological advances.

“This is an excellent summary of the current AHA guidelines.” (Doody's Reviews, May 2009)

• Contributors vii Preface x1 Chronic Stable Angina 1Theodore D. Fraker, Stephan D. Fihn, and Raymond J. Gibbons2 Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 25Jeffrey L. Anderson and Nanette Kass Wenger3 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 46Elliott M. Antman4 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs 91Mark A. Williams and Gary J. Balady5 Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease 108Sidney C. Smith, Jr.6 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 117Sidney C. Smith, Jr.7 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 134Cullen D. Morris, Kim Eagle, Robert A. O'Rourke, and Robert A. Guyton8 Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery 152Lee A. Fleisher9 Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease 165Alan T. Hirsch and Ziv J. Haskal10 Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile 187Scott M. Grundy11 Hypertension 196Clive Rosendorff12 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women 214Kathy Berra and Nanette Kass Wenger13 Heart Failure 223Sharon A. Hunt and Mariell Jessup14 Cardiomyopathies 236Barry J. Maron15 Atrial Fibrillation 244Valentin Fuster and Lars Rydén16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias 255Carina Blomström-Lundqvist and Melvin Scheinman17 Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death 270A. John Camm and Douglas P. Zipes18 Valvular Heart Disease 293Robert O. Bonow19 Infective Endocarditis 312Larry M. Baddour, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael H. Gewitz, and Walter R. Wilson20 Cardiac CT Imaging 336Matthew J. Budoff and Allen J. TaylorAppendix Update on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Current and Future Trends 347Robert A. O'RourkeOther Statements Published in 2008 353Index 355COI Table 373