Heart Disease Diagnosis and Therapy: A Practical Approach (Contemporary Cardiology Book 15)

Across North America and worldwide, general internists render care to more than 60% of patients with cardiac problems. In this new edition of the warmly received Heart Disease Diagnosis and Therapy: A Practical Approach, Second Edition, M. Gabriel Khan, MD, concisely assembles in a reader-friendly format all the clinically useful information that internists need in both daily rounds and busy office practices to find correct clinical diagnoses and choose optimal pharmacologic therapies for their patients. The author stresses accurate diagnosis, giving virtually all diagnostic features, pathophysiologic implications, the prediction of risk stratification outcome, knowledge of the action of pharmacologic agents and their correct indications, and the advantages and disadvantages of interventional therapy. Highlights include a simplified method for recognition of, and a practical therapeutic approach to, arrhythmias, as well as a more logical approach to drug management of hypertension than that given by the Joint National Committee, instructive algorithms that simplify the diagnosis and treatment of syncope, and extensive diagnostic information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Additional chapters offer in-depth coverage of valvular heart disease, practical guidance on how to best manage systolic and diastolic heart failure to prevent hospitalization and death, and instructive discussion of perioperative management of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. A large number of illustrative electrocardiograms that help to clarify the most often misinterpreted of all cardiologic tests and extensive discussions of practical cardiovascular pharmacology complete this magisterial survey. Up-to-date and highly practical, Heart Disease Diagnosis and Therapy: A Practical Approach, Second Edition, makes quickly available to the internist, general practitioner, and resident in internal medicine all the information needed to practice clinical cardiology with assured competence and excellent results in heart patients. Concisely Assembles In A Reader Friendly Format All The Clinically Useful Information That An Internist Needs In Both His Daily Rounds And Abusy Office Practice To Find Correct Clinical Diagnoses And Choose Optimal Pharmacologic Therapies For Their Patients. Highlights Include A Simplified Method For Recognition Of, And A Practical Therapeutic Approach To, Arrhythmias, As Well As A More Logical Approach To Drug Management Of Hypertension Than That Given By The Joint National Committee, Instructive Algorithms That Simplify The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Syncope, And Extensive Diagnostic Information On Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. A Large Number Of Illustrative Electrocardiograms That Help To Clarify The Most Often Misinterpreted Of All Cardiologic Tests And Extensive Discussions Of Practical Cardiovascular Pharmacology Complete This Magisterial Survey.clinical Handbook On Diagnosis And Therapy Of Heart Disease. Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Complications Of Myocardial Infarction And Postinfarction Care -- Cardiogenic Shock -- Angina -- Heart Failure -- Arrhythmias -- Cardiac Arrest -- Hypertension -- Hyperlipidemias -- Aortic Dissection -- Valvular Heart Diseases And Rheumatic Fever -- Infective Endocarditis -- Pericarditis And Myocarditis -- Cardiomyopathy -- Syncope -- Preoperative Management Of Cardiac Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. M. Gabriel Khan ; Foreword By Henry J.l. Marriott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. System Requirements: Adobe Reader 6.0 Or Later. Concisely assembles in a reader friendly format all the clinically useful information that an internist needs in both his daily rounds and abusy office practice to find correct clinical diagnoses and choose optimal pharmacologic therapies for their patients. Highlights include a simplified method for recognition of, and a practical therapeutic approach to, arrhythmias, as well as a more logical approach to drug management of hypertension than that given by the Joint National Committee, instructive algorithms that simplify the diagnosis and treatment of syncope, and extensive diagnostic information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A large number of illustrative electrocardiograms that help to clarify the most often misinterpreted of all cardiologic tests and extensive discussions of practical cardiovascular pharmacology complete this magisterial survey. Clinical handbook on diagnosis and therapy of heart disease M. Gabriel Khan, MD, concisely assembles in a reader friendly format all the clinically useful information that an internist needs in both his daily rounds and abusy office practice to find correct clinical diagnoses and choose optimal pharmacologic therapies for their patients. Highlights include a simplified method for recognition of, and a practical therapeutic approach to, arrhythmias, as well as a more logical approach to drug management of hypertension than that given by the Joint National Committee, instructive algorithms that simplify the diagnosis and treatment of syncope, and extensive diagnostic information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A large number of illustrative electrocardiograms that help to clarify the most often misinterpreted of all cardiologic tests and extensive discussions of practical cardiovascular pharmacology complete this magisterial survey. a.pdf......Page 1 front-matter.pdf......Page 2 01 Acute Myocardial Infarction.pdf......Page 13 02 Complications of Myocardial Infarction and Postinfarction Care.pdf......Page 80 03 Cardiogenic Shock.pdf......Page 119 04 Angina.pdf......Page 136 05 Heart Failure.pdf......Page 184 06 Arrhythmias.pdf......Page 222 07 Cardiac Arrest.pdf......Page 297 08 Hypertension.pdf......Page 307 09 Dyslipidemias.pdf......Page 352 10 Aortic Dissection.pdf......Page 376 11 Valvular Heart Disease and Rheumatic Fever.pdf......Page 382 12 Infective Endocarditis.pdf......Page 422 13 Pericarditis and Myocarditis.pdf......Page 434 14 Cardiomyopathy.pdf......Page 450 15 Syncope.pdf......Page 480 16 Preoperative Management of Cardiac Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.pdf......Page 498 back-matter.pdf......Page 514