Cardiac MRI and CT
Cardiac MRI and CT Andrew C.Y. To and Milind Y. Desai Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are noninvasive imaging modalities with clinical utility in a wide…
Coronary Artery Disease: Demographics and Incidence
Coronary Artery Disease: Demographics and Incidence Michael Jolly and Leslie Cho GLOBAL BURDEN It is widely acknowledged that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) became the leading cause of mortality and a major…
Catheterization Laboratory Imaging and Functional Assessment
Catheterization Laboratory Imaging and Functional Assessment Sachin S. Goel and Samir R. Kapadia Over the last two decades, interventional cardiology has rapidly expanded in the field of coronary and noncoronary…
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Essentials
PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTER Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Essentials Michael A. Militello Basic understanding of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts is essential to the design of rational, patient-specific pharmacotherapy. The study of pharmacokinetics was…
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute Myocardial Infarction Venu Menon and Christopher M. Huff INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION This chapter focuses on the diagnosis and management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). STEMI…
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension Matthias Dupont and W. H. Wilson Tang The diagnostic workup and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is part of cardiology as well as pulmonary practices and, due to…
Cardiovascular Medicine—Essential Pharmaceuticals
Cardiovascular Medicine—Essential Pharmaceuticals Katherine M. Greenlee and Michael A. Militello Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for nearly 50% of all death in Western societies and 25% of all death worldwide. Furthermore,…
Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Complications of Myocardial Infarction Olcay Aksoy and E. Murat Tuzcu Despite advances in technology and therapeutics, in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains high. The leading cause of death…
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Matthew Cavender and Stephen G. Ellis Despite tremendous advances in the care of patients with heart disease seen over the past 30 years, coronary artery disease remains…
Pericardial Diseases
Pericardial Diseases Evan Lau and Allan L. Klein INTRODUCTION Pericardial disease is a small but important subset of cardiovascular illness. Clinical trial data and published society guidelines1 are sparse; board…
