Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician

by Alpert, Joseph S.

• ISBN13: 9781573401555
• ISBN10: 1573401552
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. Totally updated and revised edition with two new chapters added. Reference includes highlighted key points, explanatory tables and illustrations, graphs, and extensive references. Includes the latest diagnostic and therapeutic concepts useful to primary care physicians. Previous edition: c1998. DNLM: Heart Diseases.

Table of Contents

Evaluating the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease	1	(13)
Joseph S. Alpert
Referrals	13	(4)
Julius J. Chosy
Preoperative Consultation	17	(8)
Maher Nahlawi
Thomas A. Holly
Interpreting Noninvasive Cardiac Tests	25	(12)
Robert C. Hendel
Evaluation of the Patient with Nontraumatic Chest Pain	37	(10)
John A. Paraskos
Evaluation of the Patient with Heart Failure	47	(10)
Carl V. Leier
Evaluation of the Patient with Hypotension and Shock	57	(8)
Richard C. Becker
Evaluation of the Patient with Palpitations and Non--life-threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias	65	(8)
Kelly Anne Spratt
Eric L. Michelson
Evaluation of the Patient with Syncope	73	(6)
Charles M. Blatt
Thomas B. Graboys
Evaluation of the Patient Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest	79	(10)
Peter Ott
Eric N. Prystowsky
Evaluation of the Patient with Edema	89	(8)
Michael H. Humphreys
Joy L. Logan
Risk Factors for and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease	97	(10)
Pantel S. Vokonas
William B. Kannel
The Effect of Exercise on the Heart and the Athlete's Heart	107	(8)
Barry A. Franklin
Gerald F. Fletcher
Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia	115	(18)
Neil J. Stone
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Hypertension	133	(10)
Robert G. Luke
Secondary Hypertension	143	(8)
Thomas G. Pickering
Norman K. Hollenberg
Pheochromocytoma	151	(10)
Vincent DeQuattro
Deping Lee
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease	161	(10)
Thomasz Stys
Susan Simandl
Peter F. Cohn
Unstable Angina and Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction	171	(6)
John Speer Schroeder
Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction	177	(18)
Ernst R. Schwarz
Erik C. Skobel
Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation	195	(8)
Sidney C. Smith, Jr.
Park W. Willis, IV
Mitral Valve Prolapse	203	(10)
Richard B. Devereux
Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation	213	(10)
Michael A. Fifer
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease	223	(6)
William R. Pitts
L. David Hillis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	229	(6)
Gregg M. Yamada
Joseph S. Alpert
Congestive Cardiomyopathy	235	(12)
Mohammad Asif
Timothy J. Regan
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy	247	(12)
Martin E. Goldman
Edward A. Fisher
Infectious Myocarditis	259	(12)
Martin E. Goldman
Infectious Endocarditis	271	(8)
Gordon A. Ewy
Pericardial Disease	279	(10)
Jae K. Oh
Paul T. Vaitkus
Martin M. LeWinter
Joseph S. Alpert
Congenital Heart Disease, Including Unrepaired Lesions in the Adult	289	(16)
Melvin D. Cheitlin
John A. Paraskos
Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Postoperative Patient	305	(8)
John S. Child
Joseph S. Alpert
Pulmonary Hypertension	313	(6)
Stuart Rich
Pulmonary Embolism	319	(10)
Paul D. Stein
Russell D. Hull
Cardiac Tumors	329	(8)
Elizabeth O. Ofili
Adafisayo Odulwole
Navin C. Nanda
Nonpenetrating Cardiac Trauma	337	(10)
Steven B. Johnson
A. James Liedtke
Diseases of the Aorta	347	(6)
Gregg M. Yamada
Joseph S. Alpert
Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries and Veins	353	(10)
John A. Spittell, Jr.
Peter C. Spittell
Anticoagulation, Acute and Chronic: Indications and Methods	363	(12)
Jack E. Ansell
Cerebrovascular Complications of Cardiac Disorders	375	(6)
Seemant Chaturvedi
Marc Fisher
The Heart and Endocrine Diseases	381	(10)
Clifford J. Rosen
Rheumatic Diseases and the Heart	391	(10)
David F. Giansiracusa
Deborah M. DeMarco
Leslie R. Harrold
The Aging Heart	401	(10)
J.V. Nixon
Pregnancy and the Heart	411	(6)
Brad S. Burlew
Howard R. Horn
Jay M. Sullivan
The Transplanted Heart	417	(10)
Charles K. Moore
John B. O'Connell
Joseph S. Alpert
Atrial Fibrillation: Practical Approaches	427	(14)
Hongsheng M. Guo
Omer A. Bajwa
Brian Olshansky
Index	441