Contributing Authors

vii

Chairman’s Note

ix

Preface

xi

PART I

INTRODUCTION

1

Approach to the Cardiovascular Consult   Andrew M. Kates

1

2

Basic Electrocardiography (ECG 101)   Phillip S. Cuculich

3

PART II

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS

3

Evaluation of Chest Pain   Sumeet Subherwal and Christopher Holley

12

4

Clinical Presentations of Heart Failure   John Phillips and Joel Schilling

19

5

Evaluation of Syncope   Christopher Holley

24

6

Cardiovascular Emergencies   Phillip S. Cuculich

31

PART III

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

7

Stable Angina   Courtney Virgilio and Andrew M. Kates

43

8

Acute Coronary Syndromes (Unstable Angina/Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction)   Santhosh Jay Mathews

57

9

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction   Peter Rao

75

10

Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease   Courtney Virgilio and Andrew M. Kates

94

PART IV

HEART FAILURE

11

Management of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure   Joel D. Schilling

112

12

Assessment and Management of the Dilated, Restrictive, and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies   Jennifer L. Peura

128

13

Diseases of the Pericardium   Steven M. Ewer

139

14

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure   Raksha Jain

152

15

Adult Congenital Heart Disease   Phillip S. Cuculich

161

PART V

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

16

Valvular Heart Disease   Brian R. Lindman

186

17

Infective Endocarditis   Brian R. Lindman and Michael Yeung

219

PART VI

ELEGTROPHYSIOLOGY

18

Advanced Electrocardiogram Interpretation (ECG 201)   Phillip S. Cuculich

223

19

Bradyarrhythmias and Permanent Pacemakers   Daniel H. Cooper

246

20

Sudden Cardiac Death   Anthony Hart and Phillip S. Cuculich

261

21

Atrial Fibrillation   Russell M. Canham

276

PART VII

VASCULAR DISEASE

22

Peripheral Arterial Disease   Timothy W. Schloss and Jasvindar Singh

288

23

Diseases of the Aorta   Brian R. Lindman

398

24

Deep Venous Thrombosis   Sitaramesh Emani and Phillip S. Cuculich

310

PART VIII

CARDIAC IMAGING AND PROCEDURES

25

Standard Imaging-and Diagnostic Testing Modalities; Nuclear Imaging, Echocardiography, and Cardiac Catheterization   Sujith Kalathiveetil

318

26

New Imaging and Testing Modalities (Cardiac CT, Cardiac MRI PET, IVUS)   Sujith Kalathiveetil, Michael O. Barry, Ibrahim M. Saeed, and Tillmann Cyrus

350

27

Procedures in Cardiovascular Critical Care   Michael O. Barry and Andrew M. Kates

368

PART IX

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

28

Cardiovascular Diseases in Special Populations   Stacy Mandras

380

29

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease   Kan Liu

402

30

The Cardiac Patient Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery   Andrew M. Kates

410

Appendix

Cardiovascular Medication

415

Index

441