Antiplatelet Therapy Ashvarya Mangla, MDSaurabh Gupta, MD General Considerations Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerotic plaques can acutely rupture, exposing a necrotic core that sets off the…
Evaluation & Treatment of the Perioperative Patient Sanjiv J. Shah, MDMichael H. Crawford, MD The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and the death rate associated with it rise sharply after age…
Approach to Cardiac Disease Diagnosis Michael H. Crawford, MD General Considerations The patient’s history is a critical feature in the evaluation of suspected or overt heart disease. It includes information…
ATLAS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Ary L. Goldberger The electrocardiograms (ECGs) in this Atlas supplement those illustrated in Chap. 11. The interpretations emphasize findings of specific teaching value. All of the figures…
CARDIOMYOPATHY AND MYOCARDITIS Lynne Warner Stevenson Joseph Loscalzo DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It is estimated that cardiomyopathy accounts for 5–10% of the 5–6…
NONINVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY, AND MRI/CT IMAGING Rick A. Nishimura Panithaya Chareonthaitawee Matthew Martinez Cardiovascular imaging plays an essential role in the practice of cardiology. Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography…
ATLAS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Ary L. Goldberger The electrocardiograms in this Atlas supplement those illustrated in Chaps. 15 and 16. The interpretations emphasize findings of specific teaching value. All of…
THE TACHYARRHYTHMIAS Francis Marchlinski The term tachyarrhythmias typically refers to nonsustained and sustained forms of tachycardia originating from myocardial foci or reentrant circuits. The standard definition of tachycardia is a…
ATLAS OF PERCUTANEOUS REVASCULARIZATION Jane A. Leopold Deepak L. Bhatt David P. Faxon Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most widely employed coronary revascularization procedure worldwide (Chap. 36). It is…
DISORDERS OF LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM Daniel J. Rader Helen H. Hobbs Lipoproteins are complexes of lipids and proteins that are essential for the transport of cholesterol, triglycerides, and fat-soluble vitamins. Previously,…
