Common Problems in Cardiology

Description

Common Problems in Cardiology is a comprehensive guide to common cardiology disorders. Each disorder is described by its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, risks, treatment and management.

The book is divided into 23 chapters, each covering a specific disorder, from chest pain and hypertension, to pericardial diseases and cardioembolic stroke. A complete differential diagnosis and analysis is provided with each symptom. Information on cardiovascular risk and non cardiac surgery, preoperative cardiac diagnostic testing, preoperative assessment of patients with valvular heart disease, and revascularisation prior to noncardiac surgery is also provided.

Common Problems in Cardiology covers perioperative management of coronary stents, beta-blockade, statin use, pacemakers and anticoagulation management, as well as preoperative assessment of candidates for kidney and liver transplantation.

Edited by Kanu Chatterjee, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Iowa and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of California, this authoritative and comprehensive book is an ideal resource for postgraduates, interns, general physicians and practising cardiologists.

Key Features

• A handy book on the subject
• Deals with the common problems in cardiology faced by general practitioners
• Presents the signs and symptoms, etiological causes, diagnostic methods, and management approaches of the various cardiac diseases
• Focus on chest pain, ischemic heart disease, coronary and pulmonary artery diseases, dyspnea, heart failure, hypertension and hypotension, shock, diseases of heart valve, infective endocarditis, pericardial diseases, syncope, palpitation, bradyarrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, tachyarrhythmia, claudication, aortic disease, stroke, dyslipidemia , etc.
• Helpful for students and teachers of cardiology, heart specialist, general practitioners and physicians, as well as beginners dealing in cardiology.

Table of Contents

1. Chest Pain
2. Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
3. Acute Coronary Syndromes
4. Dyspnea: Evaluation and Management
5. Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
6. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
7. Hypotension and Shock
8. Hypertension
9. The Essentials of Pulmonary Hypertension
10. Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease
11. Infective Endocarditis
12. Prosthetic Heart Valves
13. Pericardial Diseases
14. Syncope
15. Palpitations
16. The Bradyarrhythmias
17. Atrial Fibrillation
18. The Tachyarrhythmia
19. Claudication and Peripheral Artery Disease
20. Acute Aortic Syndromes
21. Cardioembolic Stroke
22. Assessment of the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery
23. Dyslipidemias
24. Index