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…
Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Disease
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE CHAPTER Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Disease Amar Krishnaswamy and Brian P. Griffin NORMAL AORTIC VALVE ANATOMY Normal aortic valves are tricuspid—with right, left, and noncoronary cusps—and have…
Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Imran N. Ahmad, Kevin A. Wunderle, and Frederick A. Heupler, Jr. BACKGROUND Radiation-induced injury is a well-recognized risk associated with invasive procedures in…
Hallmarks of Essential and Secondary Hypertension
CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY CHAPTER Hallmarks of Essential and Secondary Hypertension Mohamed A. Rafey, Martin J. Schreiber, Jr., and Joseph V. Nally, Jr. PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTENSION A number of pathophysiologic…
Pacemakers and Defi brillators
Pacemakers and Defibrillators Khaldoun G. Tarakji and Bruce L. Wilkoff CARDIAC PACING Cardiac pacing is the only definitive therapy for symptomatic bradycardia. Whether iatrogenic, ischemic, or intrinsic conduction system disease…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Anthony J. Hart and Harry M. Lever PREVALENCE AND DEFINITION Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease.1 The prevalence in the general adult population for…
Risk Stratifi cation and Post–Myocardial Infarction Therapy
Risk Stratification and Post–Myocardial Infarction Therapy Willis M. Wu and Samir R. Kapadia Unstable angina, non–ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) represent a spectrum of ischemic coronary…
Preoperative Evaluation of Cardiac Patients for Noncardiac Surgery
Preoperative Evaluation of Cardiac Patients for Noncardiac Surgery Matthew C. Bunte and Richard A. Grimm The evaluation of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery is an important part of the day-to-day…
Supraventricular Tachycardias
Supraventricular Tachycardias Christopher P. Ingelmo and P. Peter Borek Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) continue to be the most common as well as most diverse type of cardiac arrhythmias. SVTs occur in…
