Cardiovascular Therapeutics. a Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease (Online and Print)

Description

This companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease equips you with all of today's most effective therapeutic guidelines and management solutions for the full range of heart disease patients. It reflects the most recent standards for drug management as well as the latest in new technologies. Reorganized to mirror your changing practice, each cardiovascular-problem-based section offers a chapter on pharmacologic treatment (with a minimum of pathophysiology)…a chapter on catheter-based or minimally invasive interventions…and a discussion of surgical options. You'll also find a brand-new chapter on gene therapy and stem cell therapy, plus new chapters on many other rapidly developing areas of practice. The result is an outstanding single-volume source for state-of-the-art, clinically oriented guidance on both common and unusual areas of cardiovascular treatment.

New to this edition

• Make the best use of the latest genetic and molecular therapies as well as advanced therapies for heart failure.
• Cut right to the answers you need with an enhanced focus on clinically relevant information and a decreased emphasis on pathophysiology.
• Stay current with ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines and the best ways to implement them in clinical practice.
• Get an enhanced visual perspective with an all-new, full-color design throughout.
• Access the complete contents online and download images at www.expertconsult.com.

Table of Contents

I. Decision Making and Therapeutic Strategies in Cardiovascular Medicine

1. Tools for Assessment of Cardiovascular Tests and Therapies
2. Pharmacologic Principles
3. Gene Therapy/Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disorders
4. The Process of Regulatory Approval of New Cardiovascular Drugs and Devices

II. Ischemic Heart Disease

5. Pharmacologic Options for Treatment of Ischemic Disease
6. Mechanical Approaches to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
7. DES, thrombus extraction, embolization protection devices
8. Ischemic Heart Disease: Surgical Options-A Cardiology Perspective
9. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Surgical Perspective
10. Primary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease
11. Management of Unstable Angina and Non-ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction
12. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
13. Chronic Angina: Stable

III. Heart Failure

14. Principles of Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Heart Failure
15. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
16. Surgical Interventions for Heart Failure
17. Ambulatory Management of Heart Failure
18. Hospital Management of Heart Failure
19. Cardiac Transplantation and Circulatory Support Devices

IV. Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances

20. Clinical Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Drugs
21. Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias
22. Implantable Devices for the Electrical Management of Heart Disease: Overview of Indications for Therapy and Selected Advances
23. Surgical Options for Treatment of Arrhythmias
24. Acute and Chronic Pharmacologic Management of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
25. AF - A Comprehensive Approach
26. Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias

V. Dyslipoproteinemias/Atherosclerosis

27. Dyslipoproteinemias/ Atherosclerosis: Overview of Pathology and Management Strategies
28. Dyslipoproteinemias/ Atherosclerosis: Dietary Therapy
29. Dyslipoproteinemias/ Atherosclerosis: Pharmacologic Therapy
30. The Steps Beyond Diet and Drug Therapy for Severe Hypercholesterolemia

VI. Hypertension

31. Antihypertensive Therapy
32. Lifestyle Modification in the Treatment of Hypertension
33. Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension
34. Secondary Hypertension: Endocrine Causes
35. Secondary Hypertension: Renal Vascular Causes
36. Treatment of Hypertension in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
37. Treatment of Hypertension in Patients with Renal Disease
38. Refractory Hypertension
39. Hypertensive Emergencies
40. Hypertension in Pregnancy and in Children

VII. Other Cardiovascular Conditions

41. Pharmacologic Options for Treating Cardiovascular Disease during Pregnancy
42. Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
43. Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
44. Prevention and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis
45. Treatment of Pericardial Disease
46. The Timing of Valve Surgery
47. Surgical Therapy for Valvular Heart Disease
48. Rehabilitation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

Appendices

1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Cardiovascular Devices

Author Info

By Elliott M. Antman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA