Pericardial Disease Todd L. Kiefer Randall Vagelos ACUTE PERICARDITIS1,2 Etiologies: Idiopathic, viral, tuberculosis (TB), coccidiomycosis, uremia, collagen vascular diseases, neoplasm, trauma, post-myocardial infarction—two types: 1 to 3 days post-transmural infarct…
Endocarditis Todd L. Kiefer Fred A. Lopez Randall Vagelos NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS Etiologies1,2 Staphylococcus aureus: Increasing prevalence; Streptococcus viridans; Streptococcus species: S. mitis, S. mutans, S. bovis, S. sanguis; Coagulase-negative…
Transplant Medicine Michael Pham BACKGROUND The first human heart transplant was performed in South Africa in 1967, followed by the first U.S. procedure in 1968 by Dr. Norman Shumway at…
Heart Failure David Kao David V. Daniels Euan Ashley BACKGROUND AND APPROACH Approximately 5 million people throughout the United States have heart failure (HF); 550,000 are diagnosed each year, and…
Mediastinum Computed tomography (CT) is indispensable in imaging the mediastinum. Although conventional radiographs can show recognizable abnormalities in many patients with mediastinal pathology, radiographs are limited in their sensitivity and…
Wide and Narrow Complex Tachyarrhythmias David V. Daniels Amin Al-Ahmad BACKGROUND AND APPROACH The tachyarrhythmias presented in this chapter and the approach to their differential diagnosis, workup, and treatment are…
Sudden Cardiac Death and ICD Therapy David V. Daniels Henry Hsia BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as death from cardiovascular causes shortly after the onset of symptoms in…
Bradyarrhythmias and Pacing James V. Freeman Paul J. Wang BACKGROUND Bradyarrhythmias result from abnormalities of sinus node function or A-V conduction. In this chapter we review the initial recognition, triage,…
Cardiogenic Shock David V. Daniels Todd J. Brinton Randall Vagelos BACKGROUND Cardiogenic shock is a state of inadequate tissue perfusion and dysoxia due to primary cardiac dysfunction clinically manifest by…
Focal Lung Disease Although assessment of patients with focal lung abnormalities continues to represent an important problem in pulmonary diagnosis (1, 2, 3), the past decade has seen important developments…
