Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nallamothu, Brahmajee K.; Baman, Timir S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first book developed specifically for hospitalists managingthe growing number of patients with cardiovascular disorders Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of hospitalization andmortality worldwide, and will account for approximately twentymillion deaths in 2015. Due to this growing problem, many patientsare being managed by non-cardiovascular physicians in the inpatientsetting. As a result, hospitalists and other inpatient physicianswithout specialized training in cardiology are faced withuncertainty when contemplating the proper management of thesepatients. This book focuses on inpatient cardiovascular medicine in ahighly algorithmic and evidence-based approach, so that users willbe able to care for their hospitalized patients directly, using thebest contemporary evidence available. It emphasizes the practical,immediate application of principles and treatment recommendationsinto everyday clinical inpatient practice, while simplifying theapproach to these patients by utilizing visual aids such ascarefully designed charts, illustrations, and diagrams. Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine features thoughtful,comprehensive coverage by top experts in the field. Topicsinclude: * Cardiovascular History and Physical Examination * Introduction to Electrocardiography * Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging * Cardiac Stress Testing and the Evaluation of Chest Pain * Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation * Cardiac Resuscitation * Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and Non-ST ElevationMyocardial Infarction * Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction * Chronic Coronary Artery Disease * Peripheral Arterial Disease * Thoracic Aortic Disease * Systolic Heart Failure * Diastolic Heart Failure * Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy * Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy * Heart Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices * Syncope * Approach to the Patient with a Narrow Complex Tachycardia * Approach to the Patient with a Wide Complex Tachycardia * Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter * Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy * Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators * Valvular Heart Disease * Infective Endocarditis * Pericardial Diseases * Pulmonary Hypertension * Cardiac Tumors

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118484814
• Artikelnr.: 40042601

Autorenporträt

Brahmajee Kartik Nallamothu, MD, MPH, FACC, is Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is currently serving as Assistant Editor for several prestigious journals, including the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Timir Sudhaker Baman, MD, is an Electrophysiology Fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors viii Preface xi PART 1 General Principles and Conditions in
Cardiovascular Medicine 1. Cardiovascular History and Physical Examination
1 Melinda B. Davis and Michael J. Shea 2. Introduction to
Electrocardiography 16 Zachary D. Goldberger and Timir S. Baman 3.
Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging 45 Renuka Jain and William F. Armstrong 4.
Cardiac Stress Testing and the Evaluation of Chest Pain 59 Njeri Thande and
Peter G. Hagan 5. Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation 71 Adam M. Rogers and
Kim A. Eagle 6. Cardiac Resuscitation 79 Dana P. Edelson PART 2 Ischemic
Heart and Vascular Disease 7. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction 89 Gerald C. Koenig and Stanley J.
Chetcuti 8. Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction 101 Michael C. Reed
and Brahmajee K. Nallamothu 9. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease 119 Amir B.
Rabbani and P. Michael Grossman 10. Peripheral Arterial Disease 126
Yogendra M. Kanthi, Christos Kasapis, and Hitinder S. Gurm 11. Thoracic
Aortic Diseases 138 Anna M. Booher and Thomas T. Tsai PART 3 Heart Failure
and Cardiomyopathy 12. Systolic Heart Failure 154 Shea E. Hogan and
Jennifer A. Cowger 13. Diastolic Heart Failure 166 Anubhav Garg and Scott
L. Hummel 14. Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy 178 Brahmajee K.
Nallamothu and Timir S. Baman 15. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 187 Sara
Saberi and Sharlene Day 16. Heart Transplantation and Left Ventricular
Assist Devices 197 Nicklaus K. Slocum, Francis D. Pagani, and Keith
Aaronson PART 4 Syncope and Arrhythmias 17. Syncope 206 Sanders H. Chae 18.
Approach to the Patient with a Narrow Complex Tachycardia 214 Zachary D.
Goldberger and Timir S. Baman 19. The Approach to the Patient with a Wide
Complex Tachycardia 231 Zachary D. Goldberger and Timir S. Baman 20. Atrial
Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter 242 Sanjaya Gupta and Hakan Oral 21.
Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy 253 Sanjaya Gupta and Thomas C. Crawford 22.
Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators 264 Karl J. Ilg PART 5
Special Topics for the Inpatient Practitioner 23. Hypertension 277 Sascha
N. Goonewardena and Fareed U. Khaja 24. Valvular Heart Disease 288 Craig T.
Alguire and David S. Bach 25. Infective Endocarditis 300 Michael P. Thomas
and Preeti N. Malani 26. Pericardial Diseases 314 David C. Lange and Timir
S. Baman 27. Pulmonary Hypertension 329 Scott H. Visovatti and Vallerie V.
McLaughlin 28. Cardiac Tumors 346 Auroa Badin and Timir S. Baman Index 356