Book[edited by] Michael H. Crawford, MD.
Summary: "A concise, authoritative compilation of the essential information needed to diagnose and manage cardiovascular disease. Current Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiology, Sixth Edition, covers the latest developments in the field with detailed, consistently structured chapters with sharp clinical images that aid comprehension. Presented in the popular LANGE format, each chapter discusses diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, treatment, and prognosis." -- from publisher's website.
Contents:
Section I. Prevention of cardiovascular disease
Lipid disorders
Systemic hypertension
Antiplatelet therapy
Long-term anticoagulation for cardiac conditions
Approach to cardiac disease diagnosis
Section II. Ischemic heart disease
Chronic ischemic heart disease
Unstable angina/non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
Acute myocardial infarction
Cardiogenic shock
Evaluation & treatment of the perioperative patient
Section III. Arrhythmias
Supraventricular tachycardias
Atrial fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia
Conduction disorders & cardiac pacing
Sudden cardiac death
Syncope
Section IV. Valvular disease
Aortic stenosis
Aortic regurgitation
Mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
Tricuspid & pulmonic valve disease
Infective endocarditis
Section V. Cardiomyopathy & heart failure
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis, toxic cardiomyopathy, and stress cardiomyopathy
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Pericardial diseases
Pulmonary embolic disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Congenital heart disease in adults
Section VI. Systemic disease & the heart
Cardiac tumors
Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Endocrinology & the heart
Connective tissue diseases & the heart
The athlete and the heart
Thoracic aortic aneurysms & dissections.