Full Description
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.
Contents
1: T.F. Lüscher and J.E. Deanfield: Global Cardiovascular Risk 2: T.F. Lüscher, F. Beuschlein, and I. Sudano: Arterial Hypertension 3: I. Sudano and M. Hermann: Hypertensive Emergency 4: T.F. Lüscher and François Mach: Dyslipidemia 5: R. Lehmann: Metabolic Syndrome 6: R. Lehmann: Diabetes mellitus 7: I. Sudano: Smoking cessation 8: D. Fäh: Nutrition 9: C. Schmied and S. Sharma: Cardiac screening of sportsmen 10: T.F. Lüscher: Acute Chest Pain 11: O.P. Guttmann, O. Gämperli, and A. Baumbach: Angina Pectoris 12: J.-C. Kaski, J. Barton, and H. Al-Rubaye: INOCA (Ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries) 13: O.P. Guttmann, R. Binder, and A. Baumbach: Acute Coronary Syndromes 14: A. Baumbach, O. Gämperli, and R. Binder: Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome 15: C. Templin and J. Templin-Ghadri: Tako Tsubo Syndrome 16: C. Nienaber and H. Alkadhi: Acute Aortic Syndrome 17: C. Nienaber and M. Lachat: Aortic Aneurysm 18: M. Roffi and R. Binder: Carotid Stenosis 19: A. Luft and T.F. Lüscher: Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke 20: N. Cheshire and B. Amann-Vesti: Peripheral Arterial Disease 21: B. Amann-Vesti: Raynaud-Phenomen 22: B. Amann-Vesti: Peripheral Edema 23: B. Amann-Vesti: Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis 24: S. Konstantinides: Acute Pulmonary Embolism 25: S. Ulrich: Pulmonary Hypertension 26: S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst: Atrial Tachycardias and Atrial Flutter 27: S. Guarguagli and S. Ernst: Atrial Fibrillation 28: B. Reissmann and P. Kirchhoff: Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation 29: S. Haldar: Indications for Pacemakers 30: J. A. Camm: Indications for ICDs 31: S. Haldar: Indications for electrode removal (PM and ICD) 32: P. Schwartz and D. Keller: Channelopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death 33: T.F. Lüscher and M. Metra: Acute Heart Failure 34: J. Cleland and T.F. Lüscher: Chronic Heart Failure 35: G. Hindricks and A.S. Shamloo: Cardiac Resynchronisationtherapy 36: B. Heidecker, S. Prasad, and U. Eriksson: (Peri-)Myokarditis 37: A. Pentazis: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 38: A. Saguner and H. Calkins: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy 39: M. Gatzoulis and P. Diller: Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease 40: F. Khan and S. Windecker: Aortic Stenosis 41: F. Maisano and M. Taramasso: Mitralvalve 42: B. Prendergast, R. Büchel, and T.F. Lüscher: Endokarditis 43: C. Schmied, T.F. Lüscher, and S. Kristensen: Preoperative Check-up prior to non-cardiac operations 44: A. Davies: Scores and Classifications
