Current diagnosis & treatment in cardiology / edited by Michael H. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crawford, Michael H., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Heart.

Heart--Diseases.

Heart--Diseases--Treatment.

Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Heart--Diseases--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cardiovascular Diseases--diagnosis.

Cardiology.

Medical Subjects:

Cardiovascular Diseases--diagnosis.

Cardiology.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xi, 627 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Current diagnosis and treatment in cardiology

Place of Publication:

New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, [2003]

Summary:

Striking just the right balance between comprehensiveness and convenience, this clinically focused, timely source updates you in all major areas of cardiac medicine. Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology provides thorough, easy-to-access coverage of the best in today's cardiac diagnostics, treatments, and prognostic indicators. And includes extensive new information on prevention techniques.

Contents:

1. Approach to Cardiac Disease Diagnosis / Michael H. Crawford, MD 1

2. Lipid Disorders / Peter C. Chien, MD, William H. Frishman, MD 15

3. Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease / Michael H. Crawford, MD 31

4. Unstable Angina / Prediman K. Shah, MD, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, MD 44

5. Acute Myocardial Infarction / Allan S. Jaffe, MD, Wayne L. Miller, MD 57

6. Cardiogenic Shock / Craig Timm, MD 88

7. Coronary Revascularization / Kathleen M. Allen, MD 97

8. Aortic Stenosis / Blase A. Carabello, MD, Michael H. Crawford, MD 108

9. Aortic Regurgitation / William A. Zoghbi, MD, Imran Afridi, MD 121

10. Mitral Stenosis / Chad Stoltz, MD, Robert J. Bryg, MD 133

11. Mitral Regurgitation / Michael H. Crawford, MD 142

12. Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease / Brian D. Hoit, MD, Michael D. Faulx, MD 151

13. Systemic Hypertension / William F. Graettinger, MD 167

14. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies / Pravin Shah, MD 179

15. Restrictive Cardiomyopathies / John D. Carroll, MD, Michael H. Crawford, MD 188

16. Myocarditis / Mohammed Zaher Akkad, MD, John B. O'Connell, MD 196

17. Pericardial Diseases / Samer S. Kabbani, MD, Martin M. LeWinter, MD 204

18. Congestive Heart Failure / Enrique V. Carbajal, MD, Prakash C. Deedwania, MD 217

19. Supraventricular Arrhythmias / Barry M. Weinberger, DO, Roger Marinchak, MD, Peter R. Kowey, MD 250

20. Atrial Fibrillation / Melvin M. Scheinman, MD 283

21. Conduction Disorders & Cardiac Pacing / Nora Goldschlager, MD 292

22. Ventricular Tachycardia / Masood Akhtar, MD 324

23. Syncope / Christopher S. Cadman, MD 338

24. Sudden Cardiac Death / John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD 352

25. Pulmonary Embolic Disease / Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD 365

26. Pulmonary Hypertension / Robert A. Taylor, MD 382

27. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults / Nikola Tede, MD, Elyse Foster, MD 398

28. Chronic Anticoagulation for Cardiac Conditions / Richard W. Asinger, MD, Richard D. Taylor, MD 444

29. Infective Endocarditis / Bruce K. Shively, MD 458

30. Cardiac Tumors / Edmond W. Chen, MD, Rita F. Redberg, MD 478

31. Heart Disease in Pregnancy / Syed W. Bokhari, MD, Cheryl L. Reid, MD 495

32. Endocrinology and the Heart / B. Sylvia Vela, MD 511

33. Connective Tissue Diseases and the Heart / Carlos A. Roldan, MD 536

34. The Athlete's Heart / J.V. Nixon, MD 559

35. Thoracic Aortic Dissection / Jorge A. Wernly, MD 568

36. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms / John A. Elefteriades, MD 582

37. Evaluation and Treatment of the Perioperative Patient / Helge U. Simon, MD, Alvin S. Blaustein, MD, Laura F. Wexler, MD 595.

Notes:

"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0838514731

OCLC:

51339862