The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care

1:Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction, Eric Bonnefoy, Susanna Price, Marco Tubaro, Pascal Vranckx and Christiaan Vrints
Section I - Intensive and acute cardiovascular care
2:Training and certification in Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care, Eric Bonnefoy and Susanna Price
3:Intensive Cardiovascular Care Units: structure, organization and staffing, Eric Bonnefoy and Tom Quinn
4:The heart team, Sergio Leonardi, Thomas Modine, and Stephan Windecker
5:Patient safety and clinical governance, Tom Quinn and Matthew Parkin
6:Ethical issues in Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care, Jean-Louis Vincent and Jacques Creteur
7:Quality of care, Fiona Ecarnot, and François Schiele
Section II -The pre-hospital phase and the emergency department
8:Emergency medical systems and networks, Olivier Hoogmartens, Michiel Stiers, Koen Bronselaer and Marc Sabbe
9:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Jerry P Nolan and Christian Hassager
10:Chest pain and the Chest Pain Units, Christiaan Vrints, Janina Stepinska, and Marc J Claeys
11:Acute dyspnoea in ED, Eleni Michou, Nikola Kozhuharov, Jasmin Martin, Christian Mueller
Section III - Monitoring and investigations in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
12:Assessment of the cardiovascular system (including PAC), Alessandro Sionis, Etienne Gayat and Alexandre Mebazaa
13:Assessment of the respiratory function, Antoine Vieillard-Baron
14:Neurological assessment of the acute cardiac care patient, Mathieu van der Jagt, Jeroen Bunge, and Fabio Silvio Taccone
15:Monitoring of the kidney, liver and other vital organs, Karl Werdan, Brijesh Patel, Matthias Girndt, Henning Ebelt, Jochen Schröder, and Sebastian Nuding
16:Blood gas analysis: acid-base, fluid and electrolyte disorders, Richard Paul
17:Interpretation and clinical use of chest radiographs, Alexander Parkhomenko, Olga S Gurjeva, and Tetyana Yalynska
18:Echocardiography (including thoracic ultrasound), R. Beyer, F. Flachskampf, and Pavlos Myriantheys
19:Computed tomography: coronary angiography and cardiac imaging, Jeff M Smit, Mohammed El Mahdiui, Michiel A de Graaf, Arthur JHA Scholte, Lucia Kroft, and Jeroen J Bax
20:Cardiac magnetic resonance in intensive and acute cardiovascular care, Juerg Schwitter and Jens Bremerich
Section IV - Procedures in Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
21:Non-invasive ventilation, Josep Masip, Kenneth Planas, and Arantxa Mas
22:Mechanical ventilation, Luigi Camporota and Francesco Vasques
23:Temporary pacing, Bulent Gorenek
24:Ultrasound-guided vascular access, Richard Paul and Farah Shariff
25:Pericardiocentesis, Caterina Decarlini and Stefano Maggiolini
26:Chest tubes, Erino A. Rendina, Camilla Vanni, and Giulio Maurizi
27:Renal support therapy, Claudio Ronco, Stefano Romagnoli and Zaccaria Ricci
28:Short term mechanical circulatory support, Holger Thiele and Pascal Vranckx
29:Nutrition support, Michael P Casaer and Greet Van den Berghe
30:Physiotherapy in critically ill patients, Rik Gosselink and Jean Roeseler
Section V - The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiovascular care
31:The use of biomarkers for acute cardiovascular diseases, Allan S Jaffe
32:Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger, Raphael Twerenbold, and Christian Mueller
33:Biomarkers in acute heart failure, Rajiv Choudhary, Nicholas Wettersten, Kevin Shah, and Alan Maisel
34:Biomarkers of coagulation and thrombosis, Anne-Mette Hvas, Erik L Grove, and Steen Dalby Kristensen
35:Biomarkers of renal and hepatic failure, Mario Plebani, Monica Maria Mion, and Martina Zaninotto
Section VI - Acute coronary syndromes
36:Atherosclerosis and thrombosis, Lina Badimon and Gemma Vilahur
37:The universal definition of myocardial infarction, Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S. Alpert, Allan S. Jaffe, and Harvey D. White
38:ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, Borja Ibanez and Stefan James
39:Fibrinolytic, antithrombotic, and antiplatelets drugs in acute coronary syndromes, Sigrun Halvorsen, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Marco Valgimigli, and Kurt Huber
40:Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction, Elena Puerto and Héctor Bueno
41:Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, Héctor Bueno and José A Barrabés
42:Percutaneous coronary interventions in acute coronary syndromes, Marco Valgimigli and Andreas Mitsis
43:Coronary artery bypass grafting, Piroze M Davierwala and Michael A. Borger
44:Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes, Eva Swahn, Joakim Alfredsson, and Sofia Sederholm Lawesson
Section VII - Acute heart failure (including cardiogenic shock)
45:Epidemiology, classification, and pathophysiology, Dimitrios Farmakis and Gerasimos Filippatos
46:Pharmacological therapy in the acute phase, Kieran F. Docherty, Jonathan R. Dalzell, Mark C. Petrie, and John J.V. McMurray
47:Low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock, Holger Thiele and Suzanne de Waha-Thiele
48:Non pharmacological therapy: when drugs are not enough, Jeroen Dauw , Wilfried Mullens , Johan Vijgen, and Pascal Vranckx
49:Heart surgery and transplantation, Volkmar Falk, Felix Schönrath, and Jan Kügler
50:Implanted cardiac support devices, Andrew C Morley-Smith, André R Simon, and John Pepper
51:Donor organ management, Arne P Neyrinck, Patrick Ferdinande, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Marc Van de Velde
52:Palliative care in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit, Jayne Wood
Section VIII - Arrhythmias
53:Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias, Demosthenes G. Katritsis and A John Camm
54:Ventricular tachyarrhythmias, Paolo Della Bella, Dagmara Dilling, and Francesca Baratto
55:Pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting, Haran Burri and Neasa Starr
Section IX - Specific acute cardiovascular conditions
56:Myocarditis and pericarditis, Massimo Imazio and Stephane Heymans
57:Acute valve disease and endocarditis, Gregory Ducrocq, Franck Thuny, Bernard Iung, and Alec Vahanian
58:Acute complications of congenital heart disease in adults, Susanna Price, Brian F Keogh, and Lorna Swan
59:Aortic emergencies, Marc Schepens and Eric Graulus
60:Cardiac complications in trauma, Lydia Lam, Leslie Kobayashi, and Demetrios Demetriades
61:Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy, Mark Johnson and Jolien Roos-Hesselink
62:Management of pulmonary hypertension in the ICCU, Massimiliano Palazzini, Nazzareno Galiè and Alessandra Manes
63:Acute pulmonary embolism, Stavros Konstantinides, Marcin Kurzyna, and Adam Torbicki
Section X - Concomitant acute conditions
64:Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome, Luciano Gattinoni, Mattia Busana and Eleonora Carlesso
65:Acute stroke, Didier Leys, Solène Moulin, and Valeria Caso
66:Acute kidney injury, Sofie A Gevaert, Eric Hoste, and John A Kellum
67:Hyperglycaemia, diabetes, and other endocrine emergencies, Jan Gunst, Yves Debaveye, and Greet Van den Berghe
68:Bleeding and haemostasis disorders, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci and Maddalena Lettino
69:Anaemia and transfusion, Pascal Vranckx, Philippe Vanderkerckhove, Roxana Mehran, and Davide Cao
70:Infections, sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, Jean-Louis Vincent
71:Pain in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit, Siân Jaggar and Helen Laycock
72:Acute cognitive disorders and delirium in Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit, John McEvoy, Stephen Keane, and Kevin Clarkson
73:Special considerations in the immunosuppresed patient, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Raphaël Favory
74:Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient, Martin Balik
75:Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk cardio-surgical patient, Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio, and Andrea Ballotta

• This new updated edition of the textbook continues to comprehensively approach all the different issues relating to intensive and acute cardiovascular care and addresses all those involved in intensive and acute cardiac care
• The chapters cover the various acute cardiovascular diseases that need high quality intensive treatment as well as organisational issues, cooperation among professionals, and interaction with other specialities in medicine
• Purchasers of the print edition will also receive an access code to access the online version of the textbook which includes additional figures, tables, and videos to better to better illustrate diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures in IACC.
• The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care is the official textbook of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACVC) of the ESC.

New to this Edition:

• New chapters such as low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock, and pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting
• Chapters have been extensively revised
• Additional figures, tables, and videos.

The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care is the official textbook of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACVC) of the ESC.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major cause of premature death worldwide and a cause of loss of disability-adjusted life years. For most types of CVD early diagnosis and intervention are independent drivers of patient outcome. Clinicians must be properly trained and centres appropriately equipped in order to deal with these critically ill cardiac patients.

This new updated edition of the textbook continues to comprehensively approach all the different issues relating to intensive and acute cardiovascular care and addresses all those involved in intensive and acute cardiac care, not only cardiologists but also critical care specialists, emergency physicians and healthcare professionals. The chapters cover the various acute cardiovascular diseases that need high quality intensive treatment as well as organisational issues, cooperation among professionals, and interaction with other specialities in medicine.

SECTION 1 focusses on the definition, structure, organisation and function of ICCU's, ethical issues and quality of care. SECTION 2 addresses the pre-hospital and immediate in-hospital (ED) emergency cardiac care. SECTIONS 3-5 discuss patient monitoring, diagnosis and specific procedures. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), and serious arrhythmias form SECTIONS 6-8. The main other cardiovascular acute conditions are grouped in SECTION 9. Finally SECTION 10 is dedicated to the many concomitant acute non-cardiovascular conditions that contribute to the patients' case mix in ICCU.

This edition includes new chapters such as low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock, and pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting and chapters have been extensively revised. Purchasers of the print edition will also receive an access code to access the online version of the textbook which includes additional figures, tables, and videos to better to better illustrate diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures in IACC.

The third edition of the ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care will establish a common basis of knowledge and a uniform and improved quality of care across the field.

Edited by Marco Tubaro, Head of the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Cardiovascular Department, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy, Pascal Vranckx, Director Cardiac ITU, Virga Jesseziekenhuis Hasselt, Belgium, Susanna Price, Consultant Cardiologist and Intensivist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, Christiaan Vrints, Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Eric Bonnefoy, Professor of Cardiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France