Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mauro Moscucci Sara L. Warber Keith D. Aaronson Complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies can be defined as medical interventions that are currently not an integral…
Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient David B. S. Dyke Richard L. Prager Kim A. Eagle THE EVOLUTION OF PROCEDURES. CARE SYSTEMS. TECHNOLOGY. AND EXPECTATIONS The history of coronary artery…
Assessing and Minimizing Cardiac Risk of Noncardiac Surgery Wei C. Lau Hitinder Gurm Kim A. Eagle More than 40 million people will undergo noncardiac surgical procedures in the United States…
Congenital Heart Disease in Adults Timothy B. Cotts Julie A. Kovach Albert P. Rocchini Edward L. Bove More than 1 million adults in the United States currently have congenital heart…
Management of Prolonged Anticoagulation James B. Froehlich William P. Fay MECHANISM OF ACTION OF WARFARIN Several new antithrombotic drugs have been introduced into clinical practice over the past 20-year period….
Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale Diagnosis and Management Melvyn Rubenfire The majority of patients with chronic heart and lung diseases associated with dyspnea and fatigue have some degree of pulmonary…
Pulmonary Embolism John G. Weg Melvyn Rubenfire EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) are two manifestations of one disease, venous thromboembolism (VTE). DVT is…
Lower Extremity Ischemia Peter K. Henke James Froehlich Sanjay Rajagoplan Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES Lower extremity limb pain is a common complaint among patients, particularly the…
Deep Venous Thrombosis Thomas W. Wakefield William P. Fay James B. Froehlich EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) has been estimated to affect more than…
Cerebrovascular Disease Susan L. Hickenbottom Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. James C. Stanley Lewis B. Morgenstern EPIDEMIOLOGY AND USUAL CAUSES OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapidly…
