While we recognize the comprehensive nature of classic textbooks like Braunwald's Heart Disease and cutting-edge resources like Up-to-Date, a void still remains in the cardiology literature. Residents in training, cardiology fellows, and those in practice alike operate in a fast-paced environment where realistically the ability to look something up depends on having a resource that can be consulted in the time it takes the elevator to go from floor 1 to floor 3. Such a resource must be concise and current, and must present the most reasonable clinical approach and the landmark evidence to back it up.
Written as a collaborative effort by residents and fellows in training and experienced attending physicians, Concise Cardiology: An Evidence-Based Handbook will serve a niche in our field. It is a truly comprehensive handbook that covers topics from acute coronary syndromes to electrophysiology to valvular heart disease. Each chapter begins with a robust dissection of the clinical problem, starting with relevant historical and physical exam findings to aid in the diagnostic process. Therapies are organized in chart format where appropriate, presenting indications, patient selection, and side effects. Choice of treatment is of course influenced by the best available evidence, and this handbook delivers—not only with a strong base of recommendations from the ACC/AHA but also with a review of “landmark clinical trials,” from the historical data to the latest therapies.
One of the most unique aspects of our handbook is this easy-to-use, no-nonsense tabular presentation of the landmark evidence that shapes cardiology today. The evidence is pared down to the most critical information clinicians need to make rational treatment decisions, such as level of evidence, patient population studied, intervention, background therapies, outcomes, and number needed to treat. The initial portion of each chapter focuses on management and is targeted primarily toward residents, while the landmark evidence sections will be useful to fellows in training.
Contents
Chapter 2 Stress testing
Chapter 3 Chest pain and the acute coronary syndromes
Chapter 4 Cardiogenic shock
Chapter 5 Bradyarrhythmias and pacing
Chapter 6 Wide and narrow complex tachyarrhythmias
Chapter 7 Sudden cardiac death and ICD therapy
Chapter 8 Atrial fibrillation
Chapter 9 Heart failure
Chapter 10 Pulmonary hypertension
Chapter 11 Transplant medicine
Chapter 12 Valvular diseases
Chapter 13 Endocarditis
Chapter 14 Pericardial disease
App. A Central vascular access techniques
App. B Clinical pharmacology
Index
Book Details
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (May 14, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 078178509X
- ISBN-13: 978-0781785099
- Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4 x 0.7 inches