Evidence-Based Cardiology Consult

Part I. Cardiac Issues in the General Medical Patient

1. Evaluation of Chest Pain
Edward J. Miller

2. Acute Coronary Syndromes
Gabriel A. Delgado, J. Dawn Abbott

3. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Systolic and Diastolic
Adriana Quiñones, Alex Reyentovich, Stuart D. Katz

4. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease
Matthew Sorrentino, George L. Bakris

5. Valvular Heart Disease
Elisa Zaragoza-Macias, Catherine M. Otto

6. Infective Endocarditis
Todd L. Kiefer, Andrew Wang

7. Pericardial Diseases
Massimo Imazio

8. Atrial Fibrillation and Supraventricular Tachycardias
Roger Fan, Eric J. Rashba

9. Evidenced-Based Approach to Bradyarrhythmias
Ibrahim O. Almasry

10. Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death
Pradyot Saklani, James A. White, George J. Klein, Andrew D. Krahn

11. Top Ten Electrocardiographic (ECG) Abnormalities Not to Miss
Lea Hage, Nitish Badhwar, Nora Goldschlager

12. Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Fátima Rodriguez, JoAnne M. Foody

13. The Role of Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging in Clinical Consultation
Judith L. Meadows, Robert Soufer

14. Role of Echocardiography in Cardiology Consultation
Philip G. Haines, Nidhi Mehta, James N. Kirkpatrick

15. The Role of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Cardiology Consultation
Cheng Ting Lin, Alexander J. Abramowicz, Michael Poon

16. The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cardiology Consultation
Muzammil H. Musani, Ammar Chaudhry, Szilard Voros, Michael Poon

17. Implantable Cardioverter and Defibrillator Therapy
Ahsanuddin Ahmad, Ania Garlitski, Mark Link, Munther K. Homoud, N. A. Mark Estes

Part II. Cardiac Problems in Specific Populations

18. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Lisa Rosenbaum, Shimoli V. Shah, Malissa J. Wood

19. Cardiovascular Problems in the Elderly
Michael W. Rich

20. The Athlete’s Heart: Cardiovascular Disease in the Athlete
Jodi L. Zilinski, Aaron L. Baggish

21. Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Stavros Z. Apostolakis, Stavros V. Konstantinides

22. Right Heart Failure
Anthony R. Cucci, M. Azam Hadi, Tim Lahm

23. Thoracic Aortic Disease
Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades

24. Cardiovascular Issues and Renal Disease
Firas Yazigi, Usman Hashmi, Henry Yuan, Karthiek Narala, Peter A. McCullough

Part III. Cardio-oncology

25. Cardiac Tumors and Masses
Justina C. Wu

26. Cardiovascular Complications of Chemotherapy: Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity
Raymond R. Russell

27. Cardiotoxicity of Molecularly Targeted Chemotherapeutic Agents
Kerry Strong Russell

28. Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Management of Patients Receiving Radiotherapy to the Heart
B. Frazier Taylor, Suzanne B. Evans, Kenneth B. Roberts

Part IV. Cardiac Diseases in Patients with Concurrent Pregnancy

29. Normal Cardiovascular Adaptation to Pregnancy
Jérôme Cornette, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

30. Hypertension and Pregnancy
Letitia Acquah, Vesna D. Garovic

31. Cardiomyopathies, Heart Failure, and Pregnancy
Kathleen Stergiopoulos

32. Valvular Heart Disease and Pregnancy
Eric V. Krieger, Karen K. Stout

33. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Abdallah Georges Kfoury, Kismet D. Rasmusson, Kimberly D. Brunisholz, T. Flint Porter, Benjamin D. Horne

34. Congenital Heart Disease: Pregnancy and Contraception
Rachael Hatton, Jack M. Colman, Matthew Sermer, Samuel C. Siu, Candice K. Silversides

Part V. Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients Requiring Non-cardiac Surgery

35. Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation Before Noncardiac Surgery
Lee A. Fleisher

36. Perioperative Myocardial Infarction
Santiago Garcia, Edward O. McFalls

37. Management of Antiplatelet Agents in the Perioperative Setting
Ali O. Abualsaud, Mark J. Eisenberg

38. Managing Anticoagulation in Patients with Mechanical Valves
Usman Baber, Nilusha Gukathasan, Valentin Fuster

Part VI. Cardiac Disease as a Source of Neurologic Sequelae

39. Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Cardiac Sources of Emboli
Adam A. Harris, David L. Brown

40. Syncope: An Evidence-Based Approach
Sei Iwai

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