Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine

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 book focuses on inpatient cardiovascular medicine in a highly algorithmic and evidence-based approach, so that users will be able to care for their hospitalized patients directly, using the best contemporary evidence available. It emphasizes the practical, immediate application of principles and treatment recommendations into everyday clinical inpatient practice, while simplifying the approach to these patients by utilizing visual aids such as carefully designed charts, illustrations, and diagrams. Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine features thoughtful, comprehensive coverage by top experts in the field. Topics include: Cardiovascular History and Physical Examination Introduction to Electrocardiography Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging Cardiac Stress Testing and the Evaluation of Chest Pain Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation Cardiac Resuscitation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Peripheral Arterial Disease Thoracic Aortic Disease Systolic Heart Failure Diastolic Heart Failure Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Heart Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices Syncope Approach to the Patient with a Narrow Complex Tachycardia Approach to the Patient with a Wide Complex Tachycardia Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators Valvular Heart Disease Infective Endocarditis Pericardial Diseases Pulmonary Hypertension Cardiac Tumors

List of Contributors Preface 1 Cardiovascular History & Physical Examination Melinda Davis and Michael Shea 2 Introduction to Electrocardiography Zachary D. Goldberger 3 Non–invasive Cardiac Imaging   Renuka Jain and  William F. Armstrong 4 Cardiac Stress Testing and the Evaluation of Chest Pain Njeri Thande and Peter Hagan 5 Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation   Adam M. Rogers and Kim A. Eagle 6 Cardiac Resuscitation Dana P.  Edelson 7 Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina & Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Gerald C. Koenig and Stanley J. Chetcuti 8 Acute ST–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Michael C. Reed and Brahmajee Nallamothu 9 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Amir B. Rabbani and Mike Grossman 10 Peripheral Arterial Disease Yogendra Kanthi, Christos Kasapis,, Hitinder S. Gurm 11 Thoracic Aortic Disease Anna Booher and Thomas Tsai 12 Systolic Heart Failure Shea Hogan and Jennifer Matthews 13 Diastolic Heart Failure Anubhav Garg and Scott Hummel 14 Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy B.K. Nallamothu, Timir S. Baman 14 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sara Saberi & Sharlene Day 15 Heart Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices Nicklaus Slocum, Francis Pagani  and  Keith Aaronson   16 Syncope Sanders Chae 17 The Approach to the Patient with a Narrow Complex Tachycardia Zachary D. Goldberger 18 Approach to the Patient with a Wide Complex Tachycardia Zachary D. Goldberger 19 Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter Sanjaya Gupta and Hakan Oral 20 Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy Sanjaya Gupta and Thomas Crawford 21 Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators Karl Ilg 22 Valvular Heart Disease Craig Alguire and David Bach   24 Infective Endocarditis Michael P. Thomas and Preeti N. Malani 25 Pericardial Diseases David C. Lange and Timir S. Baman 26 Pulmonary Hypertension Scott Visovatti and Vallerie McLaughlin 27 Cardiac Tumors Auroa Badin & Timir S. Baman