Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-Based Medicine Approach

✍ Scribed by Thach Nguyen, Dayi Hu, Moo-Hyun Kim, Cindy Grines

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What the practicing cardiologist really needs is a text that emphasizes unbiased, up to date information and that places this information into an appropriate context. The third edition of Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-based Medicine Approach, carefully edited by Dr Thach N. Nguyen and his co-Editors, does precisely this”. From the Foreword by Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.Patients with complex cardiovascular problems pose a special management challenge for both the specialist and the non-specialist. To make the best treatment decisions and avoid potential problems, you need to stay on top of ever-changing standards of care. Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-based Medicine Approach, Third Edition, supplies dependable information you can use in daily practice.Conveniently boxed summaries give you immediate access to:Critical thinking – presenting new conceptsEvidence-based medicine – the key results of important clinical trialsEmerging trends – how new information can be applied to improve practiceClinical pearls – advice from master cliniciansTake home messages – succinct summaries of each chapterThis concise text offers candid advice on incorporating evidence-based data concerning:Acute coronary syndromeST segment elevation myocardial infarctionHypotension and shock in acute myocardial infarctionCare of the patient undergoing coronary artery bypass surgeryCare of the patient undergoing non-cardiac surgeryPulmonary hypotensionHeart failureVentricular tachycardiaAtrial fibrillationMitral regurgitationIschemic strokeSyncopeCongenital heart disease in adultsKeep Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-based Medicine Approach, Third Edition, close at hand for the frequent consultation it is sure to receive.