Cardiovascular Therapeutics - A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

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