The Washington Manual of Cardiology Subspecialty Consult

Description

Small, mighty, and packed with information, The Washington Manual: Cardiology Subspecialty Consult, 3e places the field of cardiovascular disease at your fingertips. Designed for the busy practitioner, student, or resident, this pocket-sized edition captures cardiology’s latest findings and treatments in an easy-to-read format. In a fast-advancing field that welcomes new biomedical discoveries and novel therapeutics, this resource delivers top treatment recommendations for your patients. If you’re a busy clinician committed to exceptional, cost-effective patient care, The Washington Manual: Cardiology Subspecialty Consult is the guide for you.

Features

-- NEW chapters on the physical exam, heart failure, preserved ejection fraction, and cardiovascular diseases in special populations
-- Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
-- End-of-chapter journal and online references
-- Maximum readability with diagrams, flow charts, bullet-point lists, bold faced call-outs, and mnemonics

Table of Contents

1 APPROACH TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR CONSULT
Andrew M. Kates

2 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Justin Vader and Alan Weiss

3 BASIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
Phillip S. Cuculich and John Verbsky

4 EVALUATION OF ACUTE CHEST PAIN
Christopher L. Holley

5 EVALUATION OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE
Kory J. Lavine and Joel Schilling

6 APPROACH TO SYNCOPE
Christopher L. Holley, Daniel H. Cooper, and Scott M. Nordlicht

7 CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES
Sara C. Martinez and Phillip S. Cuculich

8 PROCEDURES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
C. Huie Lin and Alan Zajarias

9 THE CARDIAC PATIENT UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY
Corey Foster and Lynne Seacord

10 STABLE ANGINA
Sara C. Martinez and David B. Schwartz

11 ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES AND COCAINE/METHAMPHETAMINE-ASSOCIATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Jeremiah P. Depta and Richard G. Bach

12 ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Michael Yeung, Sudeshna Banerjee, and Howard Kurz

13 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Kristen Scott-Tillery and Mohammad Ali Kizilbash

14 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Shane J. LaRue and Susan M. Joseph

15 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE)
Ashwin Ravichandran and Gregory Ewarld

16 HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Shimoli Shah and Keith Mankowitz

17 DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM
Jeremiah P. Depta and Craig K. Reiss

18 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND RIGHT HEART FAILURE
Mohammed Hadi and Murali Chakinala

19 AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Suzanne V. Arnold and Brian R. Lindman

20 MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
William J. Nienaber and Jose A. Madrazo

21 TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE
William J. Nienaber and Jose A. Madrazo

22 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AND CARDIAC DEVICES
Risa M. Cohen and Pablo F. Sato

23 ADVANCED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY: ECG 201
Shivak Sharma and Timothy W. Smith

24 BRADYARRHYTHMIAS AND PERMANENT PACEMAKERS
Derrick R. Fansler and Jane Chen

25 SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
Marye Gleva and Jefferson Lee

26 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Thomas K. Kurian and Mitchell N. Faddis

27 QT SYNDROMES
Andrew J. Krainik and Preben Bjerregaard

28 PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Huie Lin and Jasvindar Singh

29 DISEASES OF THE AORTA
Jay Shah and Alan Braverman

30 STANDARD IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING MODALITIES: NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
Chirayu Gor and Sudhir K. Jain

31 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Majesh Makan and Mohammed Saghir

32 CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Mohammed Saghir and Ravi Rasalingam

33 POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
Jiafu Ou and Robert J Gropler

34 CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY, INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Alok Bachuwar and John Lasala

35 ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Elisa A. Bradley and Ari Cedars

36 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN OLDER PATIENTS
Michael W. Rich

37 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Ilia Halatchev and Ronald J. Krone

38 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Angela Brown and Jeffery MC Lau

Phillip S Cuculich MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Diseases, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Andrew M Kates MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO