The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care

Preface • Yonathan Hasin
Contents
Symbols and abbreviations
Contributors
1 Intensive and acute cardiovascular care: an introduction • Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz, Susanna Price, Marco Tubaro, Pascal Vranckx, and Christiaan Vrints
Section I: Intensive and acute cardiovascular care
	2 Training and certification in intensive and acute cardiovascular care • Susanna Price and Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz
	3 Intensive cardiovascular care units: structure, organization, and staffing • Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz and Tom Quinn
	4 The heart team • Sergio Leonardi, Thomas Modine, and Stephan Windecker
	5 Patient safety and clinical governance • Matthew Parkin and Tom Quinn
	6 Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective • Jean-Louis Vincent and Jacques Creteur
	7 Quality of care assessment in acute cardiac care • Fiona Ecarnot and François Schiele
Section II: The pre-hospital phase and the emergency department
	8 The emergency medical system • Olivier Hoogmartens, Michiel Stiers, Koen Bronselaer, and Marc Sabbe
	9 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest • Jerry P Nolan and Christian Hassager
	10 Chest pain in the emergency department and the chest pain unit • Christiaan Vrints, Janina Stepinska, and Marc J Claeys
	11 Acute dyspnoea in the emergency department • Eleni Michou, Nikola Kozhuharov, Jasmin Martin, and Christian Mueller
Section III: Monitoring and investigations in the intensive cardiovascular care unit
	12 Pathophysiology and clinical assessment of the cardiovascular system (including pulmonary artery catheterization) • Alessandro Sionis, Etienne Gayat, and Alexandre Mebazaa
	13 The respiratory system • Antoine Vieillard-Baron
	14 Neurological assessment of the acute cardiac care patient • Mathieu van der Jagt, Jeroen JH Bunge, and Fabio S Taccone
	15 Monitoring of the kidneys, liver, and other vital organs • Karl Werdan, Brijesh Patel, Matthias Girndt, Henning Ebelt, Jochen Schröder, and Sebastian Nuding
	16 Blood gas analysis: acid–base, fluid, and electrolyte disorders • Farah Shariff and Richard Paul
	17 Interpretation and clinical use of chestradiographs • Alexander Parkhomenko, Olga S Gurjeva, and Tetyana Yalynska
	18.1 Echocardiography and thoracic ultrasound • Frank A Flachskampf, Pavlos Myrianthefs, and Ruxandra Beyer
	18.2 Echocardiography and thoracic ultrasound • Frank A Flachskampf, Pavlos Myrianthefs, and Ruxandra Beyer
	19 Computerized tomography: coronary angiography and cardiac imaging • Jeff M Smit, Mohammed El Mahdiui, Michiel A de Graaf, Arthur JHA Scholte, Lucia Kroft, and Jeroen J Bax
	20 Cardiac magnetic resonance in the intensive and cardiac care unit • Juerg Schwitter and Jens Bremerich
Section IV: Procedures in the intensive cardiovascular care unit
	21 Non-invasive ventilation • Josep Masip, Kenneth Planas, and Arantxa Mas
	22 Mechanical ventilation • Luigi Camporota and Francesco Vasques
	23 Temporary pacing • Bulent Gorenek
	24 Ultrasound-guided vascular access in intensive/acute cardiac care • Richard Paul
	25 Pericardiocentesis • Caterina C De Carlini and Stefano Maggiolini
	26 Chest tubes • Giulio Maurizi, Camilla Vanni, and Erino Angelo Rendina
	27 Renal support therapy • Claudio Ronco, Stefano Romagnoli, and Zaccaria Ricci
	28 Percutaneous (short-term) mechanical circulatory support • Holger Thiele and Pascal Vranckx
	29 Nutrition support in acute cardiac care • Michael P Casaer and Greet Van den Berghe
	30 Physiotherapy in critically ill patients • Rik Gosselink and Jean Roeseler
Section V: The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiovascular care
	31The use of biomarkers for acute cardiovascular disease • Allan S Jaffe
	32 Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes 400Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger,Raphael Twerenbold, and Christian Mueller
	33 Biomarkers in acute heart failure 409Rajiv Choudhary, Nicholas Wettersten, Kevin Shah, andAlan Maisel
	34 Biomarkers of coagulation and thrombosis
	35 Biomarkers of renal and hepatic failure • Mario Plebani, Monica Maria Mion, and Martina Zaninotto
Section VI: Acute coronary syndromes
	36 Atherosclerosis and thrombosis • Lina Badimon and Gemma Vilahur
	37 The universal definition of myocardial infarction • Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S Alpert, Allan S Jaffe, and Harvey D White
	38 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction • Borja Ibanez and Stefan James
	39 Fibrinolytic, antiplatelet, and anticoagulant drugs in acute coronary syndromes • Sigrun Halvorsen, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Marco Valgimigli, and Kurt Huber
	40 Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction • Elena Puerto and Héctor Bueno
	41 Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes • Héctor Bueno and José A Barrabés
	42 Percutaneous coronary interventions in acute coronary syndromes • Andreas Mitsis and Marco Valgimigli
	43 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery • Piroze M Davierwala and Michael A Borger
	44 Sex considerations in acute coronarysyndromes • Eva Swahn, Joakim Alfredsson, and Sofia Sederholm Lawesson
Section VII: Acute heart failure (including cardiogenic shock)
	45 Acute heart failure: epidemiology, classification, and pathophysiology • Dimitrios Farmakis and Gerasimos Filippatos
	46 Acute heart failure: early pharmacological therapy • Kieran F Docherty, Jonathan R Dalzell, Mark C Petrie, and John JV McMurray
	47 Low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock • Holger Thiele and Suzanne de Waha- Thiele
	48 Non-pharmacological therapy of acute heart failure: when drugs alone are not enough • Jeroen Dauw, Wilfried Mullens, Johan Vijgen, and Pascal Vranckx
	49 Heart failure surgery and transplantation • Felix Schoenrath, Jan Klages, and Volkmar Falk
	50 Implanted cardiac support devices • Andrew C Morley- Smith, André R Simon, and John Pepper
	51 Donor organ management • Arne P Neyrinck, Patrick Ferdinande, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Marc Van de Velde
	52 Palliative care in the intensive cardiovascular care unit • Jayne Wood
Section VIII: Arrhythmias
	53 Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias • Demosthenes G Katritsis and A John Camm
	54 Ventricular tachyarrhythmias • Paolo Della Bella, Dagmara Dilling, and Francesca Baratto
	55 Pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting • Neasa Starr and Haran Burri
Section IX: Specific acute cardiovascular conditions
	56 Myocarditis and pericarditis • Massimo Imazio and Stephane Heymans
	57 Acute valve disease and endocarditis • Gregory Ducrocq, Franck Thuny, Bernard Iung, and Alec Vahanian
	58 Congenital heart disease in adults • Susanna Price, Brian F Keogh, and Lorna Swan
	59 Aortic emergencies • Marc Schepens and Eric Graulus
	60 Cardiac complications in trauma • Lydia Lam, Leslie Kobayashi, and Demetrios Demetriades
	61 Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy • Mark Johnson and Jolien Roos-Hesselink
	62 Pulmonary hypertension • Massimiliano Palazzini, Nazzareno Galiè, and Alessandra Manes
	63 Pulmonary embolism • Stavros Konstantinides, Marcin Kurzyna, and Adam Torbicki
Section X: Concomitant acute conditions
	64 Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome • Luciano Gattinoni, Mattia Busana, and Eleonora Carlesso
	65 Stroke • Didier Leys, Solène Moulin, and Valeria Caso
	66 Acute kidney injury • Sofie A Gevaert, Eric Hoste, and John A Kellum
	67 Stress hyperglycaemia and endocrine emergencies • Jan Gunst, Yves Debaveye, and Greet Van den Berghe
	68 Bleeding and haemostasis disorders • Pier Mannuccio Mannucci and Maddalena Lettino
	69 Anaemia and transfusion • Pascal Vranckx, Davide Cao, Philippe Vandekerckhove, and Roxana Mehran
	70 Infection, sepsis, and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome • Jean-Louis Vincent
	71 Pain in the intensive cardiovascular care unit • Siân Jaggar and Helen Laycock
	72 Delirium in the intensive cardiovascular care unit • Stephen Keane, Kevin Clarkson, and John W McEvoy
	73 Special considerations in the immunosuppressed patient • Anne-Sophie Moreau and Raphaël Favory
	74 Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient • Martin Balik
	75 Perioperative management of the high-risk surgical patient: cardiac surgery • Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio, and Andrea Ballotta
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