- Provides a framework for developing heart teams to manage a variety of cardiovascular diseases
- Explores the roles of all healthcare professionals involved in cardiovascular care
- Discusses heart teams for valvular disease, heart failure, coronary artery disease, heart transplantation, and arrhythmias
This book provides a comprehensive framework for developing heart teams to manage a variety of cardiovascular diseases.
Management of cardiovascular diseases has changed dramatically in recent years due to developments in evidence-based practices and treatments as well as the introduction of new devices. The sequential method of referring patients from doctor to doctor is becoming an antiquated model. The future of cardiac care lies in developing multidisciplinary "Heart Teams" to provide patient-focused treatment for complex cardiovascular problems.
This volume examines the history and evolution of cardiovascular care and technology and explains why the implementation of heart teams is absolutely necessary to the future of cardiac care. It analyzes the role of heart teams for heart failure, complex coronary revascularization, mitral valve disease, cardiac imaging, aortic valve disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and women's heart health. Finally, the book explores how heart teams work with hospital administration and the broader healthcare industry.
Heart Teams for Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: A Guide for Advancing Patient-Centered Cardiac Care is an essential resource for physicians and related professionals, residents, fellows, and graduate students in cardiology, cardiac surgery, critical care medicine, and radiology.
Table of Contents- Heart Teams as a New Gold Standard of Cardiac Care
- Complex Coronary Revascularization Heart Team
- Heart Teams for Aortic Valve Disease: The TAVI Revolution
- The Mitral Valve Heart Team
- Do We Need Heart Teams for Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias? A Cardiologist’s Perspective
- Patient-Centered Approach to Heart Failure Management: Transforming Care Delivery
- Heart Teams for Women’s Heart Health: Advancing Cardiovascular Prevention and Care for Women
- Heart Teams for Cardiac Imaging: The Right Test at the Right Time for the Right Patient
- Implementing Multiple Heart Teams: The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Approach
- Multidisciplinary Heart Teams for Cutting-Edge Research
