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Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Peter P. Toth

    1. Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Christopher P. Cannon

    1. Cardiovascular Division, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

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  • Provides an authoritative discussion of cardiovascular disease intended for primary care residents, fellows, and physicians
  • Based on current guidelines and the latest information derived from clinical trials
  • Presents contributions from nationally and internationally acknowledged experts in their respective fields
  • Includes algorithms, case studies, recommendations on evidence-based practice, and summary boxes in each chapter

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology (CONCARD)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Epidemiologic Characterization of Risk for Cardiovascular Diseases

      • Kevin C. Maki, Mary R. Dicklin, Kristin M. Nieman
      Pages 3-20

    3. Arterial Hypertension

      • Daniel Duprez
      Pages 21-38

    4. Management of Dyslipidemia

      • Peter P. Toth
      Pages 39-69

    5. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss

      • Robert F. Kushner
      Pages 71-85

    6. Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk Factors

      • Stephen J. Nicholls
      Pages 87-98

    7. Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

      • Sumeet A. Khetarpal, Kiran Musunuru
      Pages 99-111

    8. Management of Diabetes Mellitus

      • Alicia J. Jenkins, Emma Scott, Jordan Fulcher, Gary Kilov, Andrzej S. Januszewski
      Pages 113-177

    9. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care Setting: Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Management

      • Jay I. Lakkis, Matthew Weir
      Pages 179-216

  3. Coronary Artery Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia

      • Thorsten M. Leucker, Steven R. Jones, Seth S. Martin
      Pages 219-225

    3. Myocardial Small Vessel Disease and Endothelial Dysfunction

      • P. Elliott Miller
      Pages 227-232

    4. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

      • Jeremy Robbins, Eli V. Gelfand
      Pages 233-259

    5. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

      • Eric R. Bates, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
      Pages 261-271

    6. Coronary Artery Stenting

      • Michela Faggioni, Eric A. Heller, George D. Dangas
      Pages 273-290

    7. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

      • Ahmed A. Kolkailah, Fernando Ramirez Del Val, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Sary F. Aranki
      Pages 291-310

    8. Cardiac Rehabilitation: New Emphasis on Metabolic Disease

      • Robert W. McGarrah, William E. Kraus
      Pages 311-322

  4. Peripheral Forms of Venous and Arterial Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323
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    2. Carotid Artery Disease

      • Andreas Kastrup
      Pages 325-335
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About this book

The thoroughly updated second edition of this key textbook provides an authoritative discussion of cardiovascular disease for the practicing primary care clinician. It examines a variety of disease states with emphasis on risk factors, risk estimation, and established cardiac disease. The book also explores the co-morbid conditions that surround cardiovascular disease. It includes key points, algorithms, case studies, recommendations on evidence-based practice, and summary boxes. A key resource for the busy practitioner, the Second Edition of Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting is designed to give residents, fellows, and primary care physicians the skills to confidently perform assessments, initiate and maintain efficacious therapy, and know when a referral to a cardiologist is advisable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    Peter P. Toth

  • Cardiovascular Division, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Christopher P. Cannon

About the editors

Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine

University of Illinois School of Medicine

Peoria, IL

Director of Preventive Cardiology

CGH Medical Center

Sterling, IL 


Christopher P. Cannon, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Cardiovascular Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting

  • Editors: Peter P. Toth, Christopher P. Cannon

  • Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97622-8

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97621-1Published: 03 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97622-8Published: 13 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2196-8969

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-8977

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XV, 536

  • Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations, 87 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Primary Care Medicine, Cardiology

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