Table of Contents:

PART I DECISION MAKING AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR

MEDICINE

Chapter 1 Tools for Assessment of Cardiovascular Tests and Therapies

Chapter 2 New Drug Development

Chapter 3 Device Development for Cardiovascular Therapeutics: Concepts and Regulatory Implications

Chapter 4 Pharmacogenetics

Chapter 5 Systems of Health Care

Chapter 6 Global Cardiovascular Therapy

PART II ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Chapter 7 Pharmacologic Options for Treatment of Ischemic Disease

Chapter 8 Stable Ischemic Heart Disease/Chronic Stable Angina

Chapter 9 Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Chapter 10 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Chapter 11 Advances in Coronary Revascularization

PART III HEART FAILURE

Chapter 12 Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure in the Ambulatory Setting

Chapter 13 Implantable Devices for the Management of Heart Failure

Chapter 14 Strategies for Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Chapter 15 Cardiac Transplantation and Circulatory Support Devices

Chapter 16 Regenerative Therapy for Heart Failure

Chapter 17 Hypertrophic, Restrictive, and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies

PART IV ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES

Chapter 18 Clinical Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Chapter 19 Pharmacologic Management of Supraventricular Tachycardias

Chapter 20 Atrial Fibrillation

Chapter 21 Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias

Chapter 22 Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

Chapter 23 Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest

PART V DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIAS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Chapter 24 Drugs for Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

Chapter 25 Therapy to Manage Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Elevated Triglycerides

Chapter 26 Cardiovascular Disease and Lifestyle Modification

Chapter 27 Steps Beyond Diet and Drug Therapy for Severe Hypercholesterolemia

PART VI HYPERTENSION

Chapter 28 Initial Evaluation and Approach to the Patient with Hypertension

Chapter 29 Pharmacologic Management of Hypertension

Chapter 30 Endocrine Causes of Hypertension

Chapter 31 Resistant Hypertension

Chapter 32 Hypertensive Crisis

Chapter 33 Hypertension in Pregnancy

Chapter 34 Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

PART VII OTHER VASCULAR CONDITIONS

Chapter 35 Peripheral Artery Disease

Chapter 36 Cerebrovascular Disease

Chapter 37 Renal Artery Stenosis

Chapter 38 Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Chapter 39 Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Chapter 40 Aortic Disease

PART VIII OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS

Chapter 41 Pharmacologic Options for Treating of CardiovascularDisease During Pregnancy

Chapter 42 Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Chapter 43 Prevention and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis

Chapter 44 Treatment of Pericardial Disease

Chapter 45 Optimal Timing of Surgical and Mechanical Intervention in Native Valvular Heart Disease

Chapter 46 Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease

Chapter 47 Percutaneous Treatment for Valvular Heart Disease

Chapter 48 Manifestations, Mechanisms, and Treatment of HIV-Associated Cardiovascular Disease

Chapter 49 Rehabilitation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

PART IX APPENDIX

Cardiovascular Devices