Main description:

The Fourth edition of Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook continues the tradition of all previous editions: a succinct yet comprehensive teaching and learning textbook rather than an overwhelming reference work. This new edition continues to bridge the gap between currently available texts: more than a bare-bones compilations of lists of facts that do not address the fundamental concepts of the practice of cardiology and not so encyclopedic a tome that
it goes into the minute detail of a traditional reference work.

Organized to present a comprehensive overview of the field of cardiology in an accessible, reader-friendly format that can be covered in about 12 months, this new edition contains roughly 50% new material, the cardiac pharmacology section has been completely reworked, cardiovascular trials have been included, and the entire book has been updated to reflect current practice guidelines and recent developments. The book is peppered throughout with numerous tables and clinical pearls that aid the
student, as well as the teacher, to remain focused.

Mayo Clinic Cardiology is based on the original syllabus for the Mayo Cardiovascular Review Course, one of the premiere teaching courses in cardiology in the United States. The content evolves entirely from Mayo Clinic physicians and reflects the expert cardiovascular care provided, from common conditions to those that are very rare, even for tertiary referral centers.

Contents:

I. Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Disease ; 1 Cardiovascular Examination ; 2 Applied Anatomy of the Heart and Great Vessels ; 3 Evidence-Based Medicine and Statistics in Cardiology ; 4 Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Heart Disease ; 5 Essential Molecular Biology ; II. Noninvasive Imaging ; 6 Restrictions on Drivers and Aircraft Pilots With Cardiac Disease ; 7 Principles of Echocardiography ; 8 Stress Echocardiography ; 9 Transesophageal Echocardiography ; 10 Nuclear Imaging ; 11 Positron Emission Tomography ; 12 Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; 13 Cardiac Radiography ; 14 Atlas of Congenital Heart Defects ; 15 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Clinical Medicine ; 16 Stress Test Selection ; III. Electrophysiology ; 17 Electrocardiographic Diagnoses: Criteria and Definitions of Abnormalities ; 18 Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology ; 19 Indications for Invasive and Noninvasive Electrophysiologic Testing ; 20 Heritable Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies Clinical Presentations, Genetics, and Implications of Genetic Testing ; 21 Pediatric Arrhythmias ; 22 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter ; 23 Supraventricular Tachycardia ; 24 Ventricular Tachycardia and Ectopy ; 25 Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease ; 26 Evaluation and Management of Pregnancy Associated Arrhythmias ; 27 Syncope: Diagnosis and Treatment ; 28 Pacemakers ; 29 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ; 30 Technical Aspects of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Troubleshooting ; 31 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Trials and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death ; 32 Heart Disease in Athletes ; 33 Autonomic Function Testing ; 34 Antiarrhythmic Drugs ; 35 Intracardiac Electrophysiology Tracings ; IV. Valvular Heart Disease ; 36 Valvular Stenosis ; 37 Valvular Regurgitation ; 38 Rheumatic Heart Disease ; 39 Carcinoid and Drug-Related Heart Disease ; 40 Prosthetic Heart Valves ; 41 Surgery for Cardiac Valve Disease ; 42 Pathogenesis of Valvular Heart Disease ; 43 Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Diseases ; V. Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease ; 44 Peripheral Vascular Disease ; 45 Cerebrovascular Disease and Carotid Artery Stenting ; 46 The Aorta ; 47 Renal Artery Disease ; 48 Pathophysiology of Arterial Thrombosis ; 49 Treatment and Prevention of Arterial Thrombosis ; 50 Venous and Lymphatic Disorders ; 51 Vasculitis ; 52 Marfan Syndrome ; VI. Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors ; 53 Coronary Artery Disease Epidemiology ; 54 Metabolic Syndrome ; 55 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis ; 56 Dyslipidemia ; 57 Lipid-Lowering Medications and Lipid-Lowering Clinical Trials ; 58 Novel Biomarkers for Coronary Artery Disease Risk ; 59 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease ; 60 Stroke ; 61 Hypertension ; 62 Heart Disease in Women ; 63 Heart Disease in the Elderly ; VII. Myocardial Infarction ; 64 Cardiac Biomarkers ; 65 Acute Coronary Syndrome ; 66 Chronic Stable Angina ; 67 Right Ventricular Infarction ; 68 Adjunctive Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction ; 69 Arrhythmia Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction ; 70 Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction ; 71 Cardiogenic Shock ; 72 Reperfusion Strategy for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Fibrinolysis Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ; 73 Fibrinolytic Trials in Acute Myocardial Infarction ; 74 Risk Stratification After Myocardial Infarction ; 75 Cardiac Rehabilitation ; 76 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery ; 77 Pericardial Disease ; 78 Pulmonary Embolism ; 79 Pulmonary Hypertension ; 80 Pregnancy and the Heart ; 81 Adult Congenital Heart Disease ; 82 HIV Infection and the Heart ; 83 Infective Endocarditis ; 84 Systemic Disease and the Heart ; 85 Cardiac Tumors ; 86 Sleep Apnea for Cardiology Boards ; 87 Cardiovascular Trauma ; 88 Acute Brain Injury and the Heart ; 89 Noncardiac Anesthesia in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease ; IX. Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure ; 90 Reflex and Humoral Control of the Circulation ; 91 Systolic Heart Function ; 92 Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction ; 93 Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Evaluation ; 94 Right Ventricular Failure ; 95 Pharmacologic Therapy of Systolic Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure ; 96 Mechanical Ventricular Assist Devices ; 97 Myocarditis ; 98 Dilated Cardiomyopathy ; 99 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ; 100 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ; 101 Cardiac Transplantation ; X. Invasive/Interventional Cardiology ; 102 Coronary Anatomy and Angiographic Views ; 103 Coronary Artery Physiology and Intracoronary Imaging ; 104 Principles of Interventional Cardiology ; 105 Structural Heart Disease Intervention Transcutaneous Aortic Valve and Mitral Valve Procedures ; 106 Catheter Closure of Intracardiac Shunts ; 107 Invasive Hemodynamics ; 108 Atlas of Hemodynamic Tracings ; XI. Appendix ; 109 Preparing for Cardiology Examinations