Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Cardiology is designed to be a concise discussion of the essential knowledge needed to diagnose and manage cardiovascular diseases. Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Cardiology cannot be considered a condensed textbook because detailed pathophysiologic discussions are omitted; there are no chapters on diagnostic techniques; and rare or obscure entities are not included. Also, it is not a cardiac therapeutics text because diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, and prognosis are fully discussed.
Intended Audience
Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Cardiology is designed to be a quick reference source in the clinic or on the ward for the experienced physician. Cardiology fellows will find that it is an excellent review for Board examinations. Also, students and residents will find it useful to review the essentials of specific conditions and to check the current references included in each section for further study. Nurses, technicians, and other health care workers who provide care for cardiology patients will find Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Cardiology a useful resource for all aspects of heart disease care.
Coverage
The 36 chapters in Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Cardiology cover the major disease entities and therapeutic challenges in cardiology. There are chapters on major management issues in cardiology such as pregnancy and heart disease, the use of anticoagulants in heart disease, and the perioperative evaluation of heart disease patients. Each section is written by experts in the particular area, but has been extensively edited to ensure a consistent approach throughout the book and the kind of readability found in single-author texts.
Since the second edition the book has changed somewhat. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and the references updated, often by new authors. A new chapter has been added on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and the chapters covering thoracic aortic diseases have been combined into one. My hope is that the book is found useful and improves patient care. Also, I hope it is an educational tool that improves knowledge of cardiac diseases. Finally, I hope it stimulates clinical research in areas where our knowledge is incomplete.
Michael H. Crawford, MD
Key Features
- Covers every important management issue in cardiology.
- Includes special topics such as heart disease in pregnancy and the athlete's heart.
- Consistent chapter template that includes diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, treatment, and prognosis.
- All chapters written by experts in the field.
- 180+ illustrations, including ECGs, imaging examples, drawings, tables, and charts.
- Reflects the most current guidelines in patient care.
- Updated throughout, including the latest drug information.
- NEW chapter: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
- Emphasis on must-know information makes it perfect for board review.
Contents
- Chapter 1 Approach to Cardiac Disease Diagnosis
- Chapter 2 Lipid Disorders
- Chapter 3 Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
- Chapter 4 Unstable Angina/Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Chapter 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Chapter 6 Cardiogenic Shock
- Chapter 7 Aortic Stenosis
- Chapter 8 Aortic Regurgitation
- Chapter 9 Mitral Stenosis
- Chapter 10 Mitral Regurgitation
- Chapter 11 Tricuspid & Pulmonic Valve Disease
- Chapter 12 Infective Endocarditis
- Chapter 13 Systemic Hypertension
- Chapter 14 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies
- Chapter 15 Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
- Chapter 16 Myocarditis
- Chapter 17 Pericardial Diseases
- Chapter 18 Congestive Heart Failure
- Chapter 19 Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Chapter 20 Supraventricular Tachycardias
- Chapter 21 Atrial Fibrillation
- Chapter 22 Conduction Disorders & Cardiac Pacing
- Chapter 23 Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chapter 24 Syncope
- Chapter 25 Sudden Cardiac Death
- Chapter 26 Pulmonary Embolic Disease
- Chapter 27 Pulmonary Hypertension
- Chapter 28 Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
- Chapter 29 Long-Term Anticoagulation for Cardiac Conditions
- Chapter 30 Cardiac Tumors
- Chapter 31 Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy
- Chapter 32 Endocrinology & the Heart
- Chapter 33 Connective Tissue Diseases & the Heart
- Chapter 34 The Athlete’s Heart
- Chapter 35 Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms & Dissections
- Chapter 36 Evaluation & Treatment of the Perioperative Patient
Book Details
- Paperback: 556 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 3 edition (March 16, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071442111
- ISBN-13: 978-0071442114
List Price: $77.95