Publisher's 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 concepts
- Evidence–based medicine – the key results of important clinical trials
- Emerging trends – how new information can be applied to improve practice
- Clinical pearls – advice from master clinicians
- Take home messages – succinct summaries of each chapter
This concise text offers candid advice on incorporating evidence–based data concerning:
- Acute coronary syndrome
- ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
- Hypotension and shock in acute myocardial infarction
- Care of the patient undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
- Care of the patient undergoing non–cardiac surgery
- Pulmonary hypotension
- Heart failure
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Atrial fibrillation
- Mitral regurgitation
- Ischemic stroke
- Syncope
- Congenital heart disease in adults
Keep Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence–based Medicine Approach, Third Edition, close at hand for the frequent consultation it is sure to receive.
