Cardiology for the primary care Physician

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Evaluating the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 1-11
Referrals....Pages 13-16
Preoperative Consultation....Pages 17-24
Interpreting Noninvasive Cardiac Tests....Pages 25-36
Evaluation of the Patient with Nontraumatic Chest Pain....Pages 37-46
Evaluation of the Patient with Heart Failure....Pages 47-56
Evaluation of the Patient with Hypotension and Shock....Pages 57-64
Evaluation of the Patient with Palpitations and Non-life-threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias....Pages 65-72
Evaluation of the Patient with Syncope....Pages 73-78
Evaluation of the Patient Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest....Pages 79-87
Evaluation of the Patient with Edema....Pages 89-96
Risk Factors for and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 97-106
The Effect of Exercise on the Heart and the Athlete’s Heart....Pages 107-114
Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia....Pages 115-132
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Hypertension....Pages 133-142
Secondary Hypertension....Pages 143-150
Pheochromocytoma....Pages 151-160
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 161-169
Unstable Angina and Non—Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction....Pages 171-176
Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction....Pages 177-193
Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation....Pages 195-201
Mitral Valve Prolapse....Pages 203-211
Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation....Pages 213-222
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease....Pages 223-228
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 229-233
Congestive Cardiomyopathy....Pages 235-246
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy....Pages 247-257
Infectious Myocarditis....Pages 259-269
Infectious Endocarditis....Pages 271-278
Pericardial Disease....Pages 279-288
Congenital Heart Disease, Including Unrepaired Lesions in the Adult....Pages 289-303
Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Postoperative Patient....Pages 305-311
Pulmonary Hypertension....Pages 313-318
Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 319-327
Cardiac Tumors....Pages 329-336
Nonpenetrating Cardiac Trauma....Pages 337-346
Diseases of the Aorta....Pages 347-352
Diseases of Peripheral Arteries and Veins....Pages 353-362
Anticoagulation, Acute and Chronic: Indications and Methods....Pages 363-374
Cerebrovascular Complications of Cardiac Disorders....Pages 375-380
The Heart and Endocrine Diseases....Pages 381-389
Rheumatic Diseases and the Heart....Pages 391-399
The Aging Heart....Pages 401-410
Pregnancy and the Heart....Pages 411-415
The Transplanted Heart....Pages 417-425
Atrial Fibrillation: Practical Approaches....Pages 427-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-456