Catheterization Laboratory Imaging and Functional Assessment Sachin S. Goel and Samir R. Kapadia Over the last two decades, interventional cardiology has rapidly expanded in the field of coronary and noncoronary…
PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTER Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Essentials Michael A. Militello Basic understanding of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts is essential to the design of rational, patient-specific pharmacotherapy. The study of pharmacokinetics was…
Acute Myocardial Infarction Venu Menon and Christopher M. Huff INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION This chapter focuses on the diagnosis and management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). STEMI…
Pulmonary Hypertension Matthias Dupont and W. H. Wilson Tang The diagnostic workup and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is part of cardiology as well as pulmonary practices and, due to…
Complications of Myocardial Infarction Olcay Aksoy and E. Murat Tuzcu Despite advances in technology and therapeutics, in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains high. The leading cause of death…
Cardiovascular Medicine—Essential Pharmaceuticals Katherine M. Greenlee and Michael A. Militello Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for nearly 50% of all death in Western societies and 25% of all death worldwide. Furthermore,…
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Matthew Cavender and Stephen G. Ellis Despite tremendous advances in the care of patients with heart disease seen over the past 30 years, coronary artery disease remains…
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE CHAPTER Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Disease Amar Krishnaswamy and Brian P. Griffin NORMAL AORTIC VALVE ANATOMY Normal aortic valves are tricuspid—with right, left, and noncoronary cusps—and have…
Pericardial Diseases Evan Lau and Allan L. Klein INTRODUCTION Pericardial disease is a small but important subset of cardiovascular illness. Clinical trial data and published society guidelines1 are sparse; board…
Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Imran N. Ahmad, Kevin A. Wunderle, and Frederick A. Heupler, Jr. BACKGROUND Radiation-induced injury is a well-recognized risk associated with invasive procedures in…
