Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology

by Mather (Editor), Paul J.

• ISBN13: 9780763760496
• ISBN10: 0763760498
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-09
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

The Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology offers a comprehensive, easily navigable guide to cardiac disorders and their treatment for residents, general internists and practicing cardiologists.This important compendium covers everything from arrhythmias to hemodynamics, fully preparing physicians to assess their cardiac patients at the point of care. Several chapters are devoted to reviewing methodologies and uses of the most up-to-date imaging technology such as echocardiography and CT/MR. As the U.S. population ages, physicians of all stripes will need to become increasingly familiar with cardiac disorders in general and heart failure in particular. The Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology stands out as the authoritative text designed to address this need, packaged in the most concise, readily accessible format available.

Table of Contents

Chapter1 Modifying Risk Factors in the Cardiac Patient: Part I
Chapter2 Modifying Risk Factors in the Cardiac Patient: Part II
Chapter3 General Principles in Cardiac Critical Care
Chapter4 Heart Failure
Chapter5 Evaluation and Treatment of Patients that are Candidates for and Undergoing Orthotopic Heart Transplant
Chapter6 Pathophysiology of the Failing Heart- Basic Mechanisms: Cellular and Sub-Cellular Abnormalities
Chapter7 Hemodynamics
Chapter8 Coronary Interventional Techniques
Chapter9 Stress Testing & Nuclear Cardiology
Chapter10 Echocardiography
Chapter11 Cardiac CT & MRI
Chapter12 Noncardiac Surgery for the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter13 Bradyarrhythmias and Indications for Pacemaker Implantation
Chapter14 Wide QRS Complex Arrhythmias
Chapter15 Narrow QRS Complex Arrhythmias
Chapter16 Medical Management of Peripheral Artery Disease
Chapter17 Peripheral Artery Disease
Chapter18 Clinical Research