Cardiovascular medicine

An ideal accompaniment to ECGs for the Emergency Physician Volume 1

Nothing is more perplexing to the clinician new to device therapy than having to deal with cardiac electrocardiograms from a device patient.

This scenario-based text provides answers to urgent and emergent questions in acute, emergency, and critical care situations focusing on the electrocardiogram in patient care management.

When treating hypertension, physicians now have a huge range of drugs from which to choose in formulating a management strategy.

Consisting of 13 chapters, this book is uniformly written to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems.

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task.

Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void with up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic.

Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses the questions which challenge clinicians involved with interventional procedures.

A practical guide to laboratory diagnosis and treatment of hemostatic disorders.

This timely revision reflects the rapid advances in surgery and anesthesia for congenital heart disease that have occurred in recent years, including neonatal cardiac surgery and anesthesia, treatment of single ventricle patients, new diagnostic modalities, and developments in the catheterization laboratory.

Guides practicing physicians in the practical aspects of how to diagnose and treat patients with congenital heart disease Reviews the most common congenital cardiac anomalies seen in practice Focuses on both clinical evaluation and diagnostic imaging modalities as well as practical management issues, as well as when to refer patients to tertiary care centres Each chapter is preceded by a case study to exemplify the issues which may be challenging in practical management

This important revision presents the accumulated knowledge of its highly-regarded author, Dr.

This book translates fundamental knowledge in basic cardiac electrophysiology from the bench to the bedside.

While there are many excellent pacing and defibrillation books, they are nearly all written by physicians for physicians.

This new atlas represents a fresh fresh approach to cardiac anatomy, providing images of unparalleled quality, along with explanatory text, to show in vivo heart anatomy and explain the clinically relevant underlying anatomic concepts.

The relationship of metabolic diseases to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reaching epidemic proportions.

Here is expert guidance on one of the most vexing clinical challenges faced by interventional cardiologists.

Here is expert guidance on one of the most vexing clinical challenges faced by interventional cardiologists.

How can prenatal testing help your patients?

Extraordinary advances in the understanding of the links between nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular disease have prompted a systematic reappraisal of knowledge in the field.

Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting (CAS) is a new approach to treat a carotid stenosis.

Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting (CAS) is a new approach to treat a carotid stenosis.

The relationship of metabolic diseases to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reaching epidemic proportions.

This careful revision keeps pace with developments in the field, with new chapters on PET Metabolism, CT and MRI in the Emergency Department, Image-Guided Electrophysiology Mapping and Ablation, and Identification of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque by Radionuclide and CT techniques, plus the introduction of new contributors Udo Hoffman and Stephan Achenbach.

This new edition of the bestselling step-by-step introduction to cardiac pacemakers now includes additional material on CRT and an accompanying website.

This new atlas represents a fresh fresh approach to cardiac anatomy, providing images of unparalleled quality, along with explanatory text, to show in vivo heart anatomy and explain the clinically relevant underlying anatomic concepts.

Practical Handbook of Echocardiography: 101 Case Studies Echocardiography is now one of the most commonly used diagnostic imaging tools, yet many clinicians remain unaware of the range of conditions echo can reveal or how echo can be used to help plan therapy.

Extraordinary advances in the understanding of the links between nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular disease have prompted a systematic reappraisal of knowledge in the field.

CMR is a powerful tool in the armamentarium of pediatric cardiology and health care workers caring for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), but a successful study still presents major technical and clinical challenges.

This book translates fundamental knowledge in basic cardiac electrophysiology from the bench to the bedside.

This book is part of the AHA Clinical Series published in conjunction with the American Heart Association in order to focus on high-interest and emerging topics in cardiovascular disease targeted for cardiologists and other interested healthcare providers.

Remarkable improvements in cardiac survival rates have made cardiovascular critical care much more common, but no less challenging for the practitioner.

A practical guide to laboratory diagnosis and treatment of hemostatic disorders.

Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses the questions which challenge clinicians involved with interventional procedures.

When you're considering device therapy for a patient with heart failure, be sure to consult this concise reference for the latest information on who benefits most from which device.

An ideal accompaniment to ECGs for the Emergency Physician Volume 1

Electrocardiography is an essential tool in diagnosing cardiac disorders.

Nothing is more perplexing to the clinician new to device therapy than having to deal with cardiac electrocardiograms from a device patient.

Guides practicing physicians in the practical aspects of how to diagnose and treat patients with congenital heart disease Reviews the most common congenital cardiac anomalies seen in practice Focuses on both clinical evaluation and diagnostic imaging modalities as well as practical management issues, as well as when to refer patients to tertiary care centres Each chapter is preceded by a case study to exemplify the issues which may be challenging in practical management

This important revision presents the accumulated knowledge of its highly-regarded author, Dr.

When treating hypertension, physicians now have a huge range of drugs from which to choose in formulating a management strategy.

Practical ECG Interpretation draws on Dr.

This comprehensive and concise presentation of genetic factors in cardiovascular disease and their response to therapy consolidates knowledge of this high-interest and emerging topic.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support In the event of an adult cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care.

Acute Cardiac Care provides nurses with a comprehensive understanding of the current practice and principles underlying the care and management of acute cardiac conditions.

ECGs for Nurses provides everything the nurse needs to know about the electrocardiogram.

This scenario-based text provides answers to urgent and emergent questions in acute, emergency, and critical care situations focusing on the electrocardiogram in patient care management.

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task.

This new title in the American Heart Association Clinical Series offers an up-to-date overview of the causes and damage related to dyssynchronopathy - a new pathophysiological entity related to spontaneous or pacing-induced mechanical abnormalities which causes heart failure.

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Step by Step: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Health care professionals now have a clear and concise overview of all relevant aspects of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.