The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

Society–sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association. This book outlines the key AHA guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have links through to the full guidelines and statements.

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Contributors.
Preface.
1 Chronic Stable Angina: Theodore D. Fraker, Stephan D. Fihn and Raymond J. Gibbons.
2 Unstable Angina/Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Jeffrey L. Anderson and Nanette Kass Wenger.
3 ST–Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Elliott M. Antman.
4 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs: Mark A. Williams and Gary J. Balady.
5 Secondary Prevention for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: Sidney C. Smith Jr.
6 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Sidney C. Smith Jr.
7 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Cullen D. Morris, Kim Eagle, Robert A. O′Rourke and Robert A. Guyton.
8 Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Lee A. Fleisher.
9 Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Alan T. Hirsch and Ziv J. Haskal.
10 Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile: Scott M. Grundy.
11 Hypertension: Clive Rosendorff.
12 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: Kathy Berra and Nanette Kass Wenger.
13 Heart Failure: Sharon A. Hunt and Mariell Jessup.
14 Cardiomyopathies: Barry J. Maron.
15 Atrial Fibrillation: Valentin Fuster and Lars Rydén.
16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias: Carina Blomström–Lundqv ist and Melvin Scheinman.
17 Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death: A. John Camin and Douglas P. Zipes.
18 Valvular Heart Disease: Robert O. Bonow.
19 Infective Endocarditis: Larry M. Baddour, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael H. Gewitz and Walter R. Wilson.
20 Cardiac CT Imaging: Matthew J. Budoff and Allen J. Taylor.
Appendix.
Other Statements Published in 2008.
Index.
COI Table