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Cardiovascular hemodynamics : an introductory guide

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Saif Anwaruddin, Joseph M. Martin, John C. Stephens ... [et al.], editors. --New York, NY: Humana Press , c2013.

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A basic understanding of cardiovascular physiology is essential for optimal patient care. This practical book provides a concise tutorial of all the essential aspects of cardiovascular hemodynamics and the techniques used to assess cardiovascular performance. A high-yield reference, this book is replete with figures, tracings, tables, and clinical pearls that reinforce the basic tenets of hemodynamics. From identifying key findings of the patient history and physical exam to correlating hemody…

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Other Authors: Anwaruddin, Saif

Responsibility: Saif Anwaruddin, Joseph M. Martin, John C. Stephens ... [et al.], editors

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Humana Press

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 340 p. : 93 ill., 62 ill. in color)

Series Title: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

ISBN: 9781607611950

Subjects (MeSH): Hemodynamics

Subjects (LCSH): Emergency medicine; Internal medicine; Cardiology

Abstract: A basic understanding of cardiovascular physiology is essential for optimal patient care. This practical book provides a concise tutorial of all the essential aspects of cardiovascular hemodynamics and the techniques used to assess cardiovascular performance. A high-yield reference, this book is replete with figures, tracings, tables, and clinical pearls that reinforce the basic tenets of hemodynamics. From identifying key findings of the patient history and physical exam to correlating hemodynamic tracings with acute clinical presentations, this book arms the reader with the tools necessary to handle any hemodynamic-related situation.

Contents: Preload -- Afterload -- Contractility -- Cardiac Output -- Key clinical findings -- Echocardiography -- CT/MRI -- Cardiac Catheterization RHC/LHC -- Tamponade -- Constriction / Restriction.-Valvular Heart Disease -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure -- Intracardiac Shunts -- Shock -- Coronary Hemodynamics -- Index.

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Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention

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edited by Deepak L. Bhatt. --New York, NY: Humana Press , c2012.

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Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention draws upon experts from diverse fields to provide readers with a comprehensive foundation for understanding and performing endovascular procedures, from the basic steps to the most current and advanced techniques. Individual chapters focus on primary intervention sites, including lower extremity, renal/mesenteric, subclavian/upper extremity, carotid/vertebral, intracranial, and venous interventions. Additionally, chapters covering critical limb ischem…

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Other Authors: Bhatt, Deepak L

Responsibility: edited by Deepak L. Bhatt

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Humana Press

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 236 p. : 136 ill., 36 ill. in color)

Series Title: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

ISBN: 9781603279659

Subjects (MeSH): Cerebrovascular Disorders - surgery; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - surgery; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods

Subjects (LCSH): Vascular Surgery

Abstract: Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention draws upon experts from diverse fields to provide readers with a comprehensive foundation for understanding and performing endovascular procedures, from the basic steps to the most current and advanced techniques. Individual chapters focus on primary intervention sites, including lower extremity, renal/mesenteric, subclavian/upper extremity, carotid/vertebral, intracranial, and venous interventions. Additionally, chapters covering critical limb ischemia and abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms are included. By incorporating valuable clinical information, such as indications, contraindications, complications, and discussions of surgical techniques and procedures, this book is a valuable resource for the busy practitioner and will be of interest to all interventional and general cardiologists, radiologists, and neurologists; vascular surgeons; internists; and residents and fellows.

Contents: Peripheral and cerebrovascular disease -- Lower extremity intervention -- Critical limb ischemia -- Renal and mesenteric intervention -- Subclavian and upper extremity interventions -- Carotid and vertebral intervention -- Intracranial intervention -- Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms -- Venous intervention.

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Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias

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edited by Gan-Xin Yan, Peter R. Kowey. (2nd ed.) --Totowa, NJ: Springer Science+Business Media , c2011.

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Author: Yan, Gan-Xin

Other Authors: Kowey, Peter R

Responsibility: edited by Gan-Xin Yan, Peter R. Kowey

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

Date of Publication: c2011

Series Title: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

ISBN: 9781607611615

Subjects (MeSH): Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy; Electric Countershock

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology

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Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis : Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment

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edited by Morteza Naghavi. --New York, NY: Humana Press , c2010.

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Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic atherosclerosis, available traditional screening methods for early detection and treatment of asymptomatic coronary artery disease are grossly insufficient and fail to identify the majority of victims prior to the onset of a life-threatening event. In Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment, Dr. Morteza Naghavi and leading authorities from the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication …

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Author: Naghavi, Morteza

Responsibility: edited by Morteza Naghavi

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Humana Press

Date of Publication: c2010

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 737 p. : ill.)

Series Title: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

ISBN: 9781603271790; 9781603271783 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Atherosclerosis - diagnosis; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology; Atherosclerosis - therapy; Plaque, Atherosclerotic

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology

Abstract: Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic atherosclerosis, available traditional screening methods for early detection and treatment of asymptomatic coronary artery disease are grossly insufficient and fail to identify the majority of victims prior to the onset of a life-threatening event. In Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment, Dr. Morteza Naghavi and leading authorities from the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) present a new paradigm for the screening and primary prevention of asymptomatic atherosclerosis. The text focuses on accurate, yet underutilized, measures of subclinical atherosclerosis, notably coronary artery calcium scanning and carotid intima-media thickness measurement. The authors introduce a comprehensive approach to identifying the vulnerable patients (asymptomatic individuals at risk of a near future adverse event). Additional chapters discuss future directions towards containing the epidemic of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease using innovative solutions such as preemptive interventional therapies (bioabsorbable stents) for stabilization of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques, mass unconditional Polypill therapy for population-based risk reduction, and ultimately vaccination strategies to prevent the development of atherosclerosis. Up-to-date and authoritative, Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology, Detection, and Treatment is a must-have for any cardiologist or primary care physician who wishes to practice modern preventive cardiology and manage the increasing number of asymptomatic atherosclerotic patients. Outlines more accurate measures of risk (coronary artery calcium and carotid intima-media thickness) than traditional risk factors (total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol). Presents new multipronged strategies to aid in the early detection and treatment of high risk asymptomatic patients.

Contents: 1. Preventive Cardiology: The SHAPE of the Future -- 2. From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient -- 3. Pathology of Vulnerability Caused by High-Risk (Vulnerable) Arteries and Plaques -- 4. Pathophysiology of Vulnerability Caused by Thrombogenic (Vulnerable) Blood -- 5. Vulnerability Caused by Arrhythmogenic Vulnerable Myocardium -- 6. Approach to Atherosclerosis as a Disease: Primary Prevention Based on the Detection and Treatment of Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis -- Section I. Risk Factors and Circulating Markers of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- 7. History of the Evolution of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Predictive Value of Traditional Risk-Factor-Based Risk -- 8. Comprehensive Lipid Profiling Beyond LDL -- 9. New Blood Biomarkers of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis -- 10. Genomics and Proteomics: The Role of Contemporary Biomolecular Analysis in Advancing the Knowledge of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease -- 11. Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Mechanisms and Measurements -- 12. Family History: An Index of Genetic and Environmental Predisposition to Coronary Artery Disease -- 13. Endothelial Activation Markers in Sub-clinical Atherosclerosis: Insights from Mechanism-Based Paradigms -- Section II. Non Invasive, Non Imaging, Assessment of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- 14. Exercise Stress Testing in Asymptomatic Individuals and Its Relation to Subclinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- 15. The Ankle Brachial Index -- 16. Arterial Elasticity/Stiffness -- 17. Assessment of Endothelial Function in Clinical Practice -- 18. Digital (Fingertip) Thermal Monitoring of Vascular Function: A Novel, Noninvasive, Nonimaging Test to Improve Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Response to Treatments -- 19. Assessment of Macro- and Microvascular Function and Reactivity -- Section III. Non Invasive Structural Imaging of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- 20. Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging -- 21. Noninvasive Ultrasound Imaging of Carotid Intima Thickness -- 22. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Clinical Implementation in Individual Cardiovascular Risk Assessment -- 23. Computed Tomographic Angiography -- 24. Role of Noninvasive Imaging using CT for Detection and Quantitation of Coronary Atherosclerosis -- 25. Noninvasive Coronary Plaque Characterization: CT Versus MRI -- 26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- 27. The Role of MRI in Examining Subclinical Carotid Plaque -- 28. Comprehensive Non-contrast CT Imaging of the Vulnerable Patient -- Section IV. Non Invasive Functional Imaging of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- 29. Ultrasound Assessment of Brachial Artery Reactivity -- 30. Cardiac Imaging for Ischemia in Asymptomatic Patients: Use of Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning to Improve Patient Selection: Lessons from the EISNER Study -- 31. Targeted MRI of Molecular Components in Atherosclerotic Plaque -- 32. Noninvasive Imaging of the Vulnerable Myocardium: Cardiac MRI and CT Based -- Section V. Invasive (Intravascular) Risk Stratification for Detection of Vulnerable (High-Risk) Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Plaques -- 33. Angiography for Detection of Complex and Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque -- 34. Intravascular Characterization of Vulnerable Coronary Plaque -- 35. Detecting Vulnerable Plaque Using Invasive Methods -- 36. Assessment of Plaque Burden and Plaque Composition Using Intravascular Ultrasound -- 37. Vulnerable Anatomy; The Role of Coronary Anatomy and Endothelial Shear Stress in the Progression and Vulnerability of Coronary Artery Lesions: Is Anatomy Destiny? -- 38. Vasa Vasorum Imaging -- Section VI. Screening for Risk Assessment of Asymptomatic At-Risk Population and Identification of the Vulnerable Patient – The SHAPE Paradigm - 39. From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient – Part III. -- 40. Cost Effectiveness of Screening Atherosclerosis -- 41. Monitoring of Subclinical Atherosclerotic Disease -- 42. Implications of SHAPE Guideline for Improving Patient Compliance -- 43. The SHAPE Guideline: Why Primary Care Physicians Should Embrace It -- 44. Should We Treat According to the SHAPE Guidelines? -- 45. Duty-Bound: Rational Foundations of Clinical Strategies for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events -- 46. A Time to Live: Dynamic Changes in Risk as the Basis for Therapeutic Triage -- Section VII. Treatment of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and the Vulnerable Patients: Systemic Therapies -- 47. LDL Targeted Therapies -- 48. Antioxidants as Targeted Therapy: A Special Protective Role for Pomegranate and Paraoxonases (PONs -- 49. The Multiconstituent Cardiovascular Pill (MCCP): Challenges and Promises of Population Based Prophylactic Drug Therapy for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication -- 50. Vaccine for Atherosclerosis: An Emerging New Paradigm -- Section VIII. Local and Focal Therapies for Stabilization of Vulnerable Arteries and Plaques -- 51. Drug-Eluting Stents: A Potential Preemptive Treatment Choice for Vulnerable Coronary Plaques -- 52. Intrapericardial Approach for Pancoronary Stabilization of the Vulnerable Arteries and Myocardium -- Section IX. Educations, Life Style Modifications and Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Primary Prevention and Saving the Vulnerable -- 53. Dietary Management for Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention and Treatment -- 54. Management of Preconditioning Physical Activity in a Vulnerable Patient: Getting in SHAPE -- 55. Last Chance for Prevention (Acute Prevention): Identification of Prodromal Symptoms and Early Heart Attack Care.

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Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting

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edited by Peter P. Toth, Christopher P. Cannon. --New York, NY: Humana Press , c2010.

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Author: Toth, Peter P

Other Authors: Cannon, Christopher P

Responsibility: edited by Peter P. Toth, Christopher P. Cannon

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Humana Press

Date of Publication: c2010

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 603 p. : ill.)

Series Title: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

ISBN: 9781603279635; 9781603279628 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Primary Health Care

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology; Primary health care

Contents: Part I. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors -- 1. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Characterization of Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Factors -- 2. Atrial Hypertension -- 3. Management Dyslipidemia -- 4. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss -- 5. Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk Factors -- 6. Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention -- 7. The Metabolic Syndrome: 2009 -- 8. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care Setting -- Part II. Coronary Artery Disease -- 9. Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia -- 10. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- 11. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- 12. Coronary Artery Stenting -- 13. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting -- 14. Cardiac Rehabilitation -- Part III. Peripheral Forms of Venous and Arterial Disease -- 15. Carotid Artery Disease -- 16. Peripheral Arterial Disease -- 17. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- 18. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale -- 19. Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke -- 20. Aortic Aneurysms -- 21. Erectile Dysfunction -- Part IV. Cardiac Disease -- 22. Valvular Heart Disease -- 23. Pericardial Diseases -- 24. Common Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias -- 25. Evidence-based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure -- Part V. Cardiac Imaging -- 26. Coronary Calcium Scoring -- 27. Cardiac Computed Tomography -- 28. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.