Atlas of Electrocardiography
ATLAS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Ary L. Goldberger The electrocardiograms (ECGs) in this Atlas supplement those illustrated in Chap. 11. The interpretations emphasize findings of specific teaching value. All of the figures…
Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis
CARDIOMYOPATHY AND MYOCARDITIS Lynne Warner Stevenson Joseph Loscalzo DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It is estimated that cardiomyopathy accounts for 5–10% of the 5–6…
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and MRI/CT Imaging
NONINVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY, AND MRI/CT IMAGING Rick A. Nishimura Panithaya Chareonthaitawee Matthew Martinez Cardiovascular imaging plays an essential role in the practice of cardiology. Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography…
Atlas of Cardiac Arrhythmias
ATLAS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Ary L. Goldberger The electrocardiograms in this Atlas supplement those illustrated in Chaps. 15 and 16. The interpretations emphasize findings of specific teaching value. All of…
The Tachyarrhythmias
THE TACHYARRHYTHMIAS Francis Marchlinski The term tachyarrhythmias typically refers to nonsustained and sustained forms of tachycardia originating from myocardial foci or reentrant circuits. The standard definition of tachycardia is a…
Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization
ATLAS OF PERCUTANEOUS REVASCULARIZATION Jane A. Leopold Deepak L. Bhatt David P. Faxon Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most widely employed coronary revascularization procedure worldwide (Chap. 36). It is…
Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism
DISORDERS OF LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM Daniel J. Rader Helen H. Hobbs Lipoproteins are complexes of lipids and proteins that are essential for the transport of cholesterol, triglycerides, and fat-soluble vitamins. Previously,…
Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
HEART FAILURE AND COR PULMONALE Douglas L. Mann Murali Chakinala HEART FAILURE DEFINITION Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome that occurs in patients who, because of an inherited or…
Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
ATLAS OF NONINVASIVE CARDIAC IMAGING Rick A Nishimura Panithya Chareonthaitawee Matthew Martinez ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES All videos can be accessed via the following link: http://www.mhprofessional.com/mediacenter/. Video 42-1 Real-time two-dimensional echocardiographic images…
Hypertensive Vascular Disease
HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE Theodore A. Kotchen Hypertension is one of the leading causes of the global burden of disease. Approximately 7.6 million deaths (13–15% of the total) and 92 million…
