This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Deborah Wolbrette, MD is devoted to Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Wolbrette has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Syncope due to Autonomic Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management; 2013 Lipid Guidelines; 2014 Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure (JNC8); How to Follow Patients with Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease; The New Anticoagulants; Management of Atrial Fibrillation; Indications for Pacemakers, Implantable Defibrillators and Resynchronization Therapy; Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR); Chest Pain Evaluation: When to Order Troponin and Stress Tests/Cost Analysis; Indications for Cardiac MRI; Current Management of Heart Failure: When to Refer to Heart Failure Specialist and When is Hospice the Best Option; and Emerging Role of Digital Technology/Remote Monitoring in the Care of Cardiac Patients.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. CME Accreditation Page - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. 6 7. Contributors - p. 7 8. Foreword: Management of Cardiovascular Disease - p. 9 9. Preface - p. 10 10. Syncope due to Autonomic Dysfunction - p. 11 11. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Prevention - p. 20 12. 2014 Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure (Eighth Joint National Committee) - p. 29 13. How to Follow Patients with Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease - p. 32 14. New Oral Anticoagulants - p. 41 15. Management of Atrial Fibrillation - p. 51 16. Indications for Pacemakers, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices - p. 58 17. Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - p. 65 18. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Department - p. 74 19. Cardiac MRI - p. 82 20. Current Management of Heart Failure - p. 88 21. Emerging Role of Digital Technology and Remote Monitoring in the Care of Cardiac Patients - p. 94 22. Index - p. 104
This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Deborah Wolbrette, MD is devoted to Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Wolbrette has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Syncope due to Autonomic Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management; 2013 Lipid Guidelines; 2014 Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure (JNC8); How to Follow Patients with Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease; The New Anticoagulants; Management of Atrial Fibrillation; Indications for Pacemakers, Implantable Defibrillators and Resynchronization Therapy; Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR); Chest Pain Evaluation: When to Order Troponin and Stress Tests/Cost Analysis; Indications for Cardiac MRI; Current Management of Heart Failure: When to Refer to Heart Failure Specialist and When is Hospice the Best Option; and Emerging Role of Digital Technology/Remote Monitoring in the Care of Cardiac Patients.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. CME Accreditation Page - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. 6 7. Contributors - p. 7 8. Foreword: Management of Cardiovascular Disease - p. 9 9. Preface - p. 10 10. Syncope due to Autonomic Dysfunction - p. 11 11. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Prevention - p. 20 12. 2014 Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure (Eighth Joint National Committee) - p. 29 13. How to Follow Patients with Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease - p. 32 14. New Oral Anticoagulants - p. 41 15. Management of Atrial Fibrillation - p. 51 16. Indications for Pacemakers, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices - p. 58 17. Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - p. 65 18. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Department - p. 74 19. Cardiac MRI - p. 82 20. Current Management of Heart Failure - p. 88 21. Emerging Role of Digital Technology and Remote Monitoring in the Care of Cardiac Patients - p. 94 22. Index - p. 104
