Inpatient cardiovascular medicine / [electronic resource]
by Nallamothu, Brahmajee K [editor.]; Baman, Timir S [editor.].
Material type: BookSeries: Hospital medicine, current concepts: 7.Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 371 pages).ISBN: 9781118484784; 1118484789; 9781118484821; 1118484827; 9781118484814; 1118484819.Subject(s): Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Treatment | Evidence-based medicine | HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General | MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine | MEDICAL -- Diseases | MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine | MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine | Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Treatment | Evidence-based medicine | Cardiovascular Diseases | Inpatients | Cardiovascular Diseases | Inpatients | Electronic books | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online LibraryInpatient Cardiovascular Medicine; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART 1 General Principles and Conditions in Cardiovascular Medicine; Chapter 1 Cardiovascular History and Physical Examination; 1.1 HISTORY; 1.2PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; 1.3 BEDSIDE MANEUVERS; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Introduction to Electrocardiography; 2.1INTRODUCTION; 2.2INITIAL APPROACH TO THE ECG; 2.3LIMITATIONS; 2.4ECG PATTERNS; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging; 3.1INTRODUCTION; 3.2NON-STRESS IMAGING STUDIES; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Cardiac Stress Testing and the Evaluation of Chest Pain.
4.1INTRODUCTION4.2CHEST PAIN EVALUATION; 4.3POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; 4.4CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST MODALITIES; 4.5EXERCISE STRESS TEST; 4.6RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; 4.7STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation; 5.1OVERVIEW; 5.2RATIONALE FOR PERIOPERATIVE CARDIAC EVALUATION; 5.3EVALUATION OF RISK; 5.4PERIOPERATIVE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; 5.5PERIOPERATIVE STRESS TESTING AND CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION; 5.6OTHER STUDIES: PREOPERATIVE ECG AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; 5.7POSTOPERATIVE SURVEILLANCE; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 6 Cardiac Resuscitation.
6.1EPIDEMIOLOGY6.2PHASES OF IN-HOSPITAL RESUSCITATION; KEY REFERENCES; PART 2 Ischemic Heart and Vascular Disease; Chapter 7 Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 7.1INTRODUCTION; 7.2ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; 7.3CLINICAL PRESENTATION; 7.4EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES; 7.5TREATMENT; 7.6HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AND POST-HOSPITAL CARE; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 8 Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 8.1INTRODUCTION; 8.2EPIDEMIOLOGY; 8.3PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; 8.4EVALUATION; 8.5TREATMENT; 8.6COMPLICATIONS; KEY REFERENCES.
Chapter 9 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease9.1INTRODUCTION; 9.2PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; 9.3RISK FACTOR ASSESSMENT; 9.4CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; 9.5PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; 9.6LABORATORY AND ECG ASSESSMENT; 9.7NONINVASIVE TOOLS FOR RISK STRATIFICATION; 9.8EMERGING NONINVASIVE TESTS FOR RISK STRATIFICATION; 9.9MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC STABLE CORONARY DISEASE; 9.10ROLE FOR REVASCULARIZATION FOR CHRONIC ANGINA; KEY REFERENCES; Chapter 10 Peripheral Arterial Disease; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, AND NATURAL HISTORY; 10.3 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND EVALUATION; 10.4 TREATMENT.
10.5 OTHER CONDITIONS AND VASCULAR EMERGENCIESKEY REFERENCES; Chapter 11 Thoracic Aortic Diseases; 11.1 THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; 11.2 ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROMES; KEY REFERENCES; PART 3 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy; Chapter 12 Systolic Heart Failure; 12.1 INTRODUCTION; 12.2 INCIDENCE/PREVALENCE; 12.3 MORTALITY; 12.4 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF LV SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; 12.5 CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS; 12.6 CLINICAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; 12.7 OUTPATIENT MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; 12.8 IMPLANTABLE CARIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) ± CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY.
12.9 inpatient medical management -- floor status.
The first book developed specifically for hospitalists managing the growing number of patients with cardiovascular disorders Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality worldwide, and will account for approximately twenty million deaths in 2015. Due to this growing problem, many patients are being managed by non-cardiovascular physicians in the inpatient setting. As a result, hospitalists and other inpatient physicians without specialized training in cardiology are faced with uncertainty when contemplating the proper management of these patients. This bo.
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