Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine

by Thomas Lüscher (Editor)

Overview

The Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine is an up-to-date pocket guide for students, trainees, junior cardiologists and even for consultants during clinics and rounds, as well as health professionals such as cardiac nurses providing diagnostic algorhythms, indications for procedures, drug use, and guidelines in a nut shell. It is succinct, with bullet pointed information and attractive illustrations and flow charts in each chapter, making it a quick and easy reference for everyday use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192590824
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	12/20/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Professor Lüscher studied medicine at the University of Zurich and obtained the Swiss Board in internal medicine and cardiology, then trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. In 1993-1996 he was Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Basel, then trained in interventional cardiology at the University of Bern to become Professor of Cardiology in 1996, before nominated as as Professor of Cardiology and Director of the University Heart Center and of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich. He is now Director of Research, Education&Development and Con-sulting Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton&Harefield Hospitals and Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and at Kings College in London. Professor Lüscher is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large experience in prevention, coronary and valvular heart disease, percutaneous interventions and heart failure.

Table of Contents

1. Global Cardiovascular Risk, T.F. Lüscher and J.E. Deanfield2. Arterial Hypertension, T.F. Lüscher, F. Beuschlein, and I. Sudano3. Hypertensive Emergency, I. Sudano and M. Hermann4. Dyslipidemia, T.F. Lüscher and François Mach5. Metabolic Syndrome, R. Lehmann6. Diabetes mellitus, R. Lehmann7. Smoking cessation, I. Sudano8. Nutrition, D. Fäh9. Cardiac screening of sportsmen, C. Schmied and S. Sharma10. Acute Chest Pain, T.F. Lüscher11. Angina Pectoris, O.P. Guttmann, O. Gämperli, and A. Baumbach12. INOCA (Ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries), J.-C. Kaski, J. Barton, and H. Al-Rubaye13. Acute Coronary Syndromes, O.P. Guttmann, R. Binder, and A. Baumbach14. Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome, A. Baumbach, O. Gämperli, and R. Binder15. Tako Tsubo Syndrome, C. Templin and J. Templin-Ghadri16. Acute Aortic Syndrome, C. Nienaber and H. Alkadhi17. Aortic Aneurysm, C. Nienaber and M. Lachat18. Carotid Stenosis, M. Roffi and R. Binder19. Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke, A. Luft and T.F. Lüscher20. Peripheral Arterial Disease, N. Cheshire and B. Amann-Vesti21. Raynaud-Phenomen, B. Amann-Vesti22. Peripheral Edema, B. Amann-Vesti23. Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis, B. Amann-Vesti24. Acute Pulmonary Embolism, S. Konstantinides25. Pulmonary Hypertension, S. Ulrich26. Atrial Tachycardias and Atrial Flutter, S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst27. Atrial Fibrillation, S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst28. Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation, B. Reissmann and P. Kirchhoff29. Indications for Pacemakers, S. Haldar30. Indications for ICDs, J. A. Camm31. Indications for electrode removal (PM and ICD), S. Haldar32. Channelopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death, P. Schwartz and D. Keller33. Acute Heart Failure, T.F. Lüscher and M. Metra34. Chronic Heart Failure, J. Cleland and T.F. Lüscher35. Cardiac Resynchronisationtherapy, G. Hindricks and A.S. Shamloo36. (Peri-)Myokarditis, B. Heidecker, S. Prasad, and U. Eriksson37. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, A. Pentazis38. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, A. Saguner and H. Calkins39. Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease, M. Gatzoulis and P. Diller40. Aortic Stenosis, F. Khan and S. Windecker41. Mitralvalve, F. Maisano and M. Taramasso42. Endokarditis, B. Prendergast, R. Büchel, and T.F. Lüscher43. Preoperative Check-up prior to non-cardiac operations, C. Schmied, T.F. Lüscher, and S. Kristensen44. Scores and Classifications, A. Davies