Heart Transplantation
Heart Transplantation Arvind Bhimaraj, Celeste T. Williams, and David O. Taylor Though major advances in the therapeutic armamentarium have provided improvements in mortality and morbidity for heart failure patients, outcomes…
Cardiac Anatomy
Cardiac Anatomy Robert E. Hobbs The heart is a muscular organ, pyramidal in shape, consisting of two parallel-valved pumps, located within the middle mediastinum, two-thirds to the left of the…
Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology
Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology Sergio G. Thal and Patrick J. Tchou The aim of this chapter is to cover the main aspects of basic cardiac electrophysiology, developed in a review fashion…
Effects of Systemic Diseases on the Heart and Cardiovascular System
Effects of Systemic Diseases on the Heart and Cardiovascular System Jay Sengupta and Curtis M. Rimmerman Many inherited and acquired organ system disorders result in clinically significant changes in the…
Evaluation of Chest Discomfort
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION CHAPTER Evaluation of Chest Discomfort Clay A. Cauthen and Donald A. Underwood Chest pain or discomfort is a common complaint encountered in virtually every…
Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE CHAPTER Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Richard A. Krasuski and David S.Majdalany Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are a rapidly growing population of patients owing…
Stress Echocardiography
Stress Echocardiography L. Leonardo Rodriguez and Thomas H. Marwick Stress echocardiography (SE) is one of the main diagnostic modalities used in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary…
Electrocardiographic Stress Testing
Electrocardiographic Stress Testing Marwa A. Sabe and Julie C. Huang ESSENTIAL FACTS 1. With few exceptions, exercise stress testing is the test of choice for initial evaluation of suspected coronary artery…
Cardiac Biochemistry
Cardiac Biochemistry Mosi K. Bennett and Marc S. Penn The biochemistry of cardiac tissue involves tightly regulated interactions among ions, proteins, receptors, second messenger systems, and various cellular structures as…
How to Pass the Cardiovascular Disease Board Exam
FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER How to Pass the Cardiovascular Disease Board Exam John Rickard and Benico Barzilai GENERAL INFORMATION The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certifying Examination in Cardiovascular Disease takes…
