Cardiac Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery Hugo Quinny Cheng INTRODUCTION Epidemiology The annual worldwide surgical volume may exceed 300 million cases.1 Because intraoperative techniques and postoperative care and monitoring have improved,…
Cardiac Trauma Debabrata Mukherjee INTRODUCTION Trauma is the leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 1 and 46 years, according to the Coalition for National Trauma Research1,2…
Substance Abuse and the Heart Janet Ma Isac C. Thomas INTRODUCTION Substance abuse is a growing public health concern. In 2017, an estimated 271 million individuals worldwide abused a substance,…
Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Diseases Toniya Singh Ijeoma Isiadinso Gina P. Lundberg Nidhi Madan INTRODUCTION The cardiovascular (CV) system is a common target for systemic diseases. Effects can range from…
Elderly and Heart Disease Madhan Shanmugasundaram Toshinobu Kazui INTRODUCTION Heart disease is common in the elderly, and health care providers are often met with unique therapeutic challenges in this group….
Women and Heart Disease Kelly Paschke Dipti Itchhaporia INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States and accounts for one in five deaths in…
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Benjamin S. Hendrickson Marc V. Lee Jennifer DeSalvo Elisa A. Bradley INTRODUCTION Surgical and medical advances have touched fewer fields more profoundly than congenital heart disease…
Pregnancy and Heart Disease Alice Chan Ayesha Salahuddin Diana Wolfe Ali N. Zaidi INTRODUCTION Cardiac disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women.1 An increased prevalence…
Pericardial Disease Yaquta Kaka Brent C. Lampert INTRODUCTION The pericardium is the site of many cardiac diseases that display classic physical examination signs and symptoms, imaging findings, and hemodynamic changes….
Pulmonary Hypertension Saurabh Rajpal Jeremy Slivnick William H. Marshall V Zachary Garrett INTRODUCTION Rapid growth in understanding the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and introduction of new medications in the…
