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- Provides an authoritative discussion of cardiovascular disease intended for primary care residents, fellows, and physicians
- Based on current guidelines and the latest information derived from clinical trials
- Presents contributions from nationally and internationally acknowledged experts in their respective fields
- Includes algorithms, case studies, recommendations on evidence-based practice, and summary boxes in each chapter
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. Table of Contents- Epidemiologic Characterization of Risk for Cardiovascular Diseases
- Arterial Hypertension
- Management of Dyslipidemia
- Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss
- Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk Factors
- Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease
- Management of Diabetes Mellitus
- Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care Setting: Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Management
- Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia
- Myocardial Small Vessel Disease and Endothelial Dysfunction
- Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Coronary Artery
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: New Emphasis on Metabolic Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke
- Aortic Aneurysms
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Pericardial Diseases
- Common Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Evidence-Based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging for Risk Stratification
- Cardiac Computed Tomography
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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