Pregnancy and Heart Disease
Pregnancy and Heart Disease Amanda R. Vest, Anjli Maroo, and Russell E. Raymond Approximately 2% of pregnancies are complicated by maternal heart disease. In North America, congenital heart disease is…
Unstable Coronary Syndromes
Unstable Coronary Syndromes Gus Theodos, Anthony A. Bavry, and A. Michael Lincoff TERMINOLOGY AND OVERVIEW The current approach to unstable or acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) recognizes a heterogeneous clinical spectrum…
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: A Primer
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: A Primer Richard C. Brunken Nuclear cardiac imaging contributes significantly to the care of patients with known or suspected heart disease. Recent innovations in instrumentation and the…
Nuclear Stress Testing
Nuclear Stress Testing Richard C. Brunken and Santosh Oommen Nuclear cardiac imaging has become an integral component of the clinical practice of cardiology over the last several decades. Myocardial perfusion…
Devices for Heart Failure
Devices for Heart Failure Sangjin Lee and Maria M. Mountis Heart failure is a growing health care epidemic. It is estimated that in the United States, there are more than…
Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy Andres Schuster and W. H. Wilson Tang MYOCARDITIS The concept of myocarditis was first introduced by Corvisart in 1812. The term is broadly defined by an…
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…
