Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting
Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting

Author: Peter P. Toth

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1603279636

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Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting provides an authoritative, detailed discussion of cardiovascular disease balanced with practical utility. Disease states are explained with emphasis on risk factors, risk estimation, and established cardiac disease. The book also delves into the co-morbid conditions which surround cardiovascular disease, including peripheral vascular disease, chronic kidney disease, depression, and erectile dysfunction, with the goal of improving quality of life for affected individuals. An abundance of algorithms, case studies, and recommendations on evidence-based best practices facilitate rapid learning. A key resource for the busy practitioner, this book is designed to give the reader the skills to confidently perform assessments, initiate and maintain efficacious therapy, and know when a referral to a cardiologist is advisable.

Andreoli's Comprehensive Cardiac Care
Andreoli's Comprehensive Cardiac Care

Author: Marguerite Rodgers Kinney

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13:

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This guide provides thorough coverage of current information relating to the diagnosis and management of heart disease. The authors focus on patient care in the areas of coronary artery disease, valvular disease and cardiomyopathies. The guide also addresses new and increasingly complex options involved in acute and long-term management.

Comprehensive Coronary Care
Comprehensive Coronary Care

Author: Nigel I. Jowett

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2007-05-07

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0702028592

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The new edition continues to be a practical, easy to understand, and up to date resource for managing coronary disease. It not only encompasses modern cardiology practice, but also considers how the patient came to arrive on coronary care, and what will happen them after they leave. The combined authorship of doctor and nurse reflects the close teamwork vital to the management of both patients and their families. Management of the cardiac patent is a complex process and this book has a clear approach conveying the necessary information in an easily understood way. It also has an excellent evidence base to ensure best practice and should appeal to staff in every cardiac unit. Up to date coverage of a rapidly developing field Offers a multi-disciplinary approach to coronary care Easy to read and therefore easily understood Research/evidence based content ensures best practice Adds material that reflects the growing literature on nurse-lead approaches to chest pain assessment, defibrillation, thrombolysis and specialist clinics (heart failure and dysrhythmias). Updates content in line with the latest guidelines from various medical bodies.