Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting

1. Peripheral Forms of Venous and Arterial Disease

   1. Peripheral Arterial Disease

      • Taisei Kobayashi, Jay Giri, Emile R. Mohler III

      Pages 337-347

   2. Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke

      • Aslam M. Khaja

      Pages 349-363

   3. Aortic Aneurysms

      • Nicole M. Bhave, Eric M. Isselbacher, Kim A. Eagle

      Pages 365-377

   4. Erectile Dysfunction

      • Thorsten Reffelmann, Robert A. Kloner

      Pages 379-387

2. Cardiac Disease

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 389-389

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   2. Valvular Heart Disease

      • Garrick C. Stewart, Yee-Ping Sun, Patrick T. O’Gara

      Pages 391-408

   3. Pericardial Diseases

      • Fidencio Saldana, Leonard S. Lilly

      Pages 409-418

   4. Common Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias

      • Blair Foreman

      Pages 419-447

   5. Evidence-Based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure

      • Nicolas W. Shammas

      Pages 449-465

3. Cardiac Imaging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 467-467

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   2. Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging for Risk Stratification

      • Nikolaos Alexopoulos, Paolo Raggi

      Pages 469-480

   3. Cardiac Computed Tomography

      • Borek Foldyna, Michael Lu, Udo Hoffmann

      Pages 481-510

   4. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

      • Róisín Morgan, Raymond Y. Kwong

      Pages 511-521

4. Back Matter

   Pages 523-536

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The thoroughly updated second edition of this key textbook provides an authoritative discussion of cardiovascular disease for the practicing primary care clinician. It examines a variety of disease states with emphasis on risk factors, risk estimation, and established cardiac disease. The book also explores the co-morbid conditions that surround cardiovascular disease. It includes key points, algorithms, case studies, recommendations on evidence-based practice, and summary boxes. A key resource for the busy practitioner, the Second Edition of Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting is designed to give residents, fellows, and primary care physicians the skills to confidently perform assessments, initiate and maintain efficacious therapy, and know when a referral to a cardiologist is advisable.

• cardiovascular disease
• cardiovascular risk factors
• cardiovascular risk estimation
• co-morbid conditions
• coronary artery disease
• venous and arterial disease
• cardiac disease
• cardiac imaging

• Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

  Peter P. Toth

• Cardiovascular Division, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

  Christopher P. Cannon

Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine

University of Illinois School of Medicine

Peoria, IL

Director of Preventive Cardiology

CGH Medical Center

Sterling, IL 

Christopher P. Cannon, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Cardiovascular Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA  

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