This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Otto Costantini, is devoted to Cardiac Arrhythmias. Articles in this important issue include: Basic principles of cardiac electrophysiology; The electrocardiogram: Still a useful tool in the primary care office; Palpitation: Extended electrocardiogram monitoring: Which tests to use and when; Inherited cardiac arrhythmias/channelopathies; Antiarrhythmic drugs: Benefits and risks; Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Anticoagulants and/or devices; Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia with and without structural heart disease; Cardiac Devices: Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Biventricular Devices; Brady-arrhythmias; When is syncope arrhythmic?; Sudden Cardiac Death: Who is at risk?; and Arrhythmias and Congenital Heart Disease. A CME program is also available for this title.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. CME Accreditation Page - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Preface - p. xix 10. Interventional Pulmonology: A Focused Review for Primary Care Physicians - p. 399 11. Pulmonary Hypertension - p. 413 12. Lung Transplantation - p. 425 13. Asthma in the Primary Care Setting - p. 435 14. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evaluation and Management - p. 453 15. Lung Cancer - p. 463 16. Update in the Management of Pleural Effusions - p. 475 17. Community-acquired Pneumonia and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia - p. 487 18. Orphan Lung Diseases - p. 503 19. Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - p. 517 20. Sarcoidosis - p. 527 21. Occupational Lung Disease - p. 535 22. Pulmonary Embolism - p. 549 23. Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: An Overview - p. 565 24. Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Management of Chronic Lung Disease - p. 577 25. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation - p. 585
This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Otto Costantini, is devoted to Cardiac Arrhythmias. Articles in this important issue include: Basic principles of cardiac electrophysiology; The electrocardiogram: Still a useful tool in the primary care office; Palpitation: Extended electrocardiogram monitoring: Which tests to use and when; Inherited cardiac arrhythmias/channelopathies; Antiarrhythmic drugs: Benefits and risks; Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Anticoagulants and/or devices; Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia with and without structural heart disease; Cardiac Devices: Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Biventricular Devices; Brady-arrhythmias; When is syncope arrhythmic?; Sudden Cardiac Death: Who is at risk?; and Arrhythmias and Congenital Heart Disease. A CME program is also available for this title.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. CME Accreditation Page - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Preface - p. xix 10. Interventional Pulmonology: A Focused Review for Primary Care Physicians - p. 399 11. Pulmonary Hypertension - p. 413 12. Lung Transplantation - p. 425 13. Asthma in the Primary Care Setting - p. 435 14. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evaluation and Management - p. 453 15. Lung Cancer - p. 463 16. Update in the Management of Pleural Effusions - p. 475 17. Community-acquired Pneumonia and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia - p. 487 18. Orphan Lung Diseases - p. 503 19. Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - p. 517 20. Sarcoidosis - p. 527 21. Occupational Lung Disease - p. 535 22. Pulmonary Embolism - p. 549 23. Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: An Overview - p. 565 24. Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Management of Chronic Lung Disease - p. 577 25. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation - p. 585
