Cardiology: A Practical Handbook

Description:

There has been an exponential increase in the amount of information available on the pathophysiology and management of heart diseases. Meanwhile, understanding of the underlying pathology and physiology has deepened and broadened with new methodologies to monitor cardiac structure and function. These developments have led to an overwhelming amount of information available to students, trainees, and physicians. What is in short supply is a comprehensive yet concise and clear description of the important cardiac conditions and disorders, an approach to their management, and an easily consulted and well-indexed summary to be used at the bedside or in the clinic. This book addresses that need.

Table of Contents:

01 CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

1.1/ Cardiac physical examination

1.2/ Electrocardiogram (ECG)

1.3/ Stress test

1.4/ Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)

1.5/ Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

1.6/ Stress echocardiography

1.7/ Chest x-ray (CXR)

1.8/ Coronary angiography

1.9/ Hemodynamic assessment

1.10/ Cardiac nuclear medicine

1.11/ Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI)

1.12/ Cardiac CT scan

1.13/ Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

1.14/ Exposure to radiation during cardiac examinations

02 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) & MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

2.1/ Stable angina

2.2/ Biomarkers

2.3/ Myocardial infarction: Definition

2.4/ Unstable angina & NSTEMI

2.5/ STEMI

2.6/ Acute coronary syndrome: Adjuvant treatments

2.7/ Complications of myocardial infarction

2.8/ Revascularization – PCI

2.9/ Revascularization – Coronary artery bypass graft

2.10/ Prinzmetal angina (vasospastic angina)

2.11/ Cardiac syndrome X

03 HEART FAILURE

3.1/ Heart failure: assessment

3.2/ Systolic heart failure: management

3.3/ Diastolic heart failure (preserved LVEF)

3.4/ Decompensated heart failure

3.5/ Heart transplantation

3.6/ Long-term ventricular assist device

3.7/ Right heart failure

3.8/ Palliative care

04 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

4.1/ Aortic stenosis

4.2/ Chronic aortic regurgitation

4.3/ Acute aortic regurgitation

4.4/ Mitral stenosis

4.5/ Chronic mitral regurgitation

4.6/ Acute mitral regurgitation

4.7/ Tricuspid stenosis

4.8/ Tricuspid regurgitation

4.9/ Pulmonary stenosis

4.10/ Pulmonary regurgitation

4.11/ Multivalvular heart disease

4.12/ Valvular prostheses

4.13/ Infective endocarditis

4.14/ Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection

4.15/ Rheumatic fever

05 DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM & MYOCARDIUM

5.1/ Diseases of the pericardium: etiologies

5.2/ Acute pericarditis

5.3/ Incessant and recurrent pericarditis

5.4/ Cardiac tamponade

5.5/ Constrictive pericarditis

5.6/ Congenital anomalies of the pericardium

5.7/ Cardiomyopathies - Classification

5.8/ Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

5.9/ Dilated cardiomyopathy

5.10/ Restrictive cardiomyopathy

5.11/ Cardiac amyloidosis

5.12/ Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD)

5.13/ Isolated left ventricular noncompaction

5.14/ Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy

5.15/ Myocarditis

5.16/ Indications for endomyocardial biopsy

5.17/ Cardiac tumors

5.18/ Cardiac complications of cancer

06 ARRHYTHMIAS

6.1/ Physiology

6.2/ Bradyarrhythmias

6.3/ Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

6.4/ Atrial fibrillation

6.5/ Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

6.6/ Channelopathies

6.7/ Syncope

6.8/ Antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD)

6.9/ Amiodarone

6.10/ Permanent pacemaker (PPM)

6.11/ Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)

6.12/ Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)

07 ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE & HEART DISEASE IN PREGNANT WOMEN

7.1/ Segmental assessment & fetal circulation

7.2/ Atrial septal defect (ASD)

7.3/ Patent foramen ovale (PFO)

7.4/ Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

7.5/ Atrioventricular canal defect

7.6/ Patent ductus arteriosus

7.7/ Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

7.8/ Coarctation of the aorta (CoA)

7.9/ Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction

7.10/ Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)

7.11/ Transposition of the great arteries (D-TGV)

7.12/ Congenitally corrected Transposition of the great arteries (L-TGV)

7.13/ Ebstein’s anomaly

7.14/ Marfan syndrome

7.15/ Fontan procedure

7.16/ Eisenmenger syndrome

7.17/ Cyanotic heart disease

7.18/ Anomalous pulmonary venous connection

7.19/ Congenital coronary artery anomalies

7.20/ Vascular annulus

7.21/ Cor triatriatum

7.22/ Heart disease in pregnant women

08 PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

8.1/ Aneurysm of the thoracic aorta

8.2/ Acute aortic syndrome

8.3/ Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)

8.4/ Other aortic diseases

8.5/ Peripheral artery disease (PAD)

8.6/ Atherosclerotic renovascular disease

8.7/ Cerebrovascular disease

8.8/ Pulmonary embolism

8.9/ Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)

8.10/ Pulmonary hypertension

09 MISCELLANEOUS

9.1/ Preoperative assessment (non cardiac surgery)

9.2/ Primary & secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

9.3/ Smoking cessation

9.4/ Dyslipidemia

9.5/ Hypertension

9.6/ Diabetes

9.7/ Physical activity

9.8/ Weight & Diet

9.9/ Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

9.10/ Driving & Air travel

9.11/ Cardiovascular complications of systemic diseases

9.12/ Cardiovascular complications of trauma

9.13/ Poisoning

9.14/ Swan-Ganz catheter placement

9.15/ Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

ABBREVIATIONS

★ CLINICAL TRIALS CITED

INDEX