The Washington Manual of Cardiology Subspecialty Consult

by Cuculich, Phillip S.; Kates, Andrew M.

• ISBN13: 9781451114225
• ISBN10: 1451114222
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-05-27
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Small, mighty, and packed with information, The Washington Manual: Cardiology Subspecialty Consult, 3e places the field of cardiovascular disease at your fingertips. Designed for the busy practitioner, student, or resident, this pocket-sized edition captures cardiology’s latest findings and treatments in an easy-to-read format. In a fast-advancing field that welcomes new biomedical discoveries and novel therapeutics, this resource delivers top treatment recommendations for your patients. If you’re a busy clinician committed to exceptional, cost-effective patient care, The Washington Manual: Cardiology Subspecialty Consult is the guide for you.

FEATURES

• NEW chapters on the physical exam, heart failure, preserved ejection fraction, and cardiovascular diseases in special populations
• Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
• End-of-chapter journal and online references
• Maximum readability with diagrams, flow charts, bullet-point lists, bold faced call-outs, and mnemonics

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Table of Contents

1 APPROACH TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR CONSULT

Andrew M. Kates

 

2 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Justin Vader and Alan Weiss

 

3 BASIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

Phillip S. Cuculich and John Verbsky

 

4 EVALUATION OF ACUTE CHEST PAIN

Christopher L. Holley

 

5 EVALUATION OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE

Kory J. Lavine and Joel Schilling

 

6 APPROACH TO SYNCOPE

Christopher L. Holley, Daniel H. Cooper, and Scott M. Nordlicht

 

7 CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES

Sara C. Martinez and Phillip S. Cuculich

 

8 PROCEDURES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE

C. Huie Lin and Alan Zajarias

 

9 THE CARDIAC PATIENT UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY

Corey Foster and Lynne Seacord

 

10 STABLE ANGINA

Sara C. Martinez and David B. Schwartz

 

11 ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES AND COCAINE/METHAMPHETAMINE-ASSOCIATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Jeremiah P. Depta and Richard G. Bach

 

12 ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Michael Yeung, Sudeshna Banerjee, and Howard Kurz

 

13 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Kristen Scott-Tillery and Mohammad Ali Kizilbash

 

14 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE

Shane J. LaRue and Susan M. Joseph

 

15 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE)

Ashwin Ravichandran and Gregory Ewarld

 

16 HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Shimoli Shah and Keith Mankowitz

 

17 DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM

Jeremiah P. Depta and Craig K. Reiss

 

18 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND RIGHT HEART FAILURE

Mohammed Hadi and Murali Chakinala

 

19 AORTIC VALVE DISEASE

Suzanne V. Arnold and Brian R. Lindman

 

20 MITRAL VALVE DISEASE

William J. Nienaber and Jose A. Madrazo

 

21 TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE

William J. Nienaber and Jose A. Madrazo

 

22 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AND CARDIAC DEVICES

Risa M. Cohen and Pablo F. Sato

 

23 ADVANCED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY: ECG 201

Shivak Sharma and Timothy W. Smith

 

24 BRADYARRHYTHMIAS AND PERMANENT PACEMAKERS

Derrick R. Fansler and Jane Chen

 

25 SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

Marye Gleva and Jefferson Lee

 

26 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Thomas K. Kurian and Mitchell N. Faddis

 

27 QT SYNDROMES

Andrew J. Krainik and Preben Bjerregaard

 

28 PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE

Huie Lin and Jasvindar Singh

 

29 DISEASES OF THE AORTA

Jay Shah and Alan Braverman

 

30 STANDARD IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING MODALITIES: NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Chirayu Gor and Sudhir K. Jain

 

31 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Majesh Makan and Mohammed Saghir

 

32 CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Mohammed Saghir and Ravi Rasalingam

 

33 POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

Jiafu Ou and Robert J Gropler

 

34 CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY, INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Alok Bachuwar and John Lasala

 

35 ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Elisa A. Bradley and Ari Cedars

 

36 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN OLDER PATIENTS

Michael W. Rich

 

37 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Ilia Halatchev and Ronald J. Krone

 

38 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Angela Brown and Jeffery MC Lau