Advanced Search
Search Results
6557 total results found
16.4 Cardiac arrhythmias 3350 Matthew R. Ginks, D.
16.4 Cardiac arrhythmias 3350 Matthew R. Ginks, D.A. Lane, A.D. McGavigan, and Gregory Y.H. Lip ESSENTIALS The term cardiac arrhythmia (or dysrhythmia) is used to describe any abnormality of cardiac rhythm. The spectrum of cardiac arrhythmias ranges from innoc...
16.5.2 Acute cardiac failure Definitions, investig
16.5.2 Acute cardiac failure: Definitions, investigation, management 3397 Andrew L. Clark and John G.F. Cleland 16.5.2 Acute cardiac failure 3397 advances to date for patients presenting acutely to hospital or those with HF-PEF, mean that heart failure still...
16.5.3 Chronic heart failure Definitions, investig
16.5.3 Chronic heart failure: Definitions, investigation, and management 3407 John G.F. Cleland and Andrew L. Clark 16.5.3 Chronic heart failure 3407 Costanzo MR, et al. (2017). Extracorporeal ultrafiltration for fluid overload in heart failure: current stat...
16.5.4 Cardiorenal syndrome 3421 Darren Green and
16.5.4 Cardiorenal syndrome 3421 Darren Green and Philip A. Kalra 16.5.4 Cardiorenal syndrome 3421 Organization of care Good management requires organization to ensure that appropriate treatment is delivered safely and effectively in order to • gain and maint...
16.5.5 Cardiac transplantation and mechanical circ
16.5.5 Cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support 3428 Jayan Parameshwar and Steven Tsui section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3428 Summary The interaction between heart and kidneys in acute and chronic disease leads to poorer survival and great...
16.6 Valvular heart disease 3436 Michael Henein
16.6 Valvular heart disease 3436 Michael Henein ESSENTIALS Rheumatic valve disease remains prevalent in developing countries, but over the last 50 years there has been a decline in the incidence of rheumatic valve disease and an increase in the prevalence of d...
16.7 Diseases of heart muscle 3459 16.7.1 Myocardi
16.7 Diseases of heart muscle 3459 16.7.1 Myocarditis 3459 Jay W. Mason and Heinz- Peter Schultheiss 16.7 Diseases of heart muscle CONTENTS 16.7.1 Myocarditis 3459 Jay W. Mason and Heinz-Peter Schultheiss 16.7.2 The cardiomyopathies: Hypertrophic, dilated,...
16.8 Pericardial disease 3501 Michael Henein
16.8 Pericardial disease 3501 Michael Henein ESSENTIALS The most common clinical presentations of pericardial disease are pericarditis, effusion, tamponade, and constriction. Acute pericarditis The most common proven causes are viral infection or as a compli- ...
16.9 Cardiac involvement in infectious disease 350
16.9 Cardiac involvement in infectious disease 3509
16.9.2 Endocarditis 3519 James L. Harrison, John L
16.9.2 Endocarditis 3519 James L. Harrison, John L. Klein, William A. Littler, and Bernard D. Prendergast 16.9.2 Endocarditis 3519 Parks T, et al. (2017). Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in Ocean...
16.9.3 Cardiac disease in HIV infection 3534 Peter
16.9.3 Cardiac disease in HIV infection 3534 Peter F. Currie section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3534 16.9.3 Cardiac disease in HIV infection Peter F. Currie ESSENTIALS Symptomatic heart disease can affect up to 10% of HIV-positive pa- tients and cause deat...
16.9.4 Cardiovascular syphilis 3539 Krishna Somers
16.9.4 Cardiovascular syphilis 3539 Krishna Somers 16.9.4 Cardiovascular syphilis 3539 16.9.4 Cardiovascular syphilis Krishna Somers ESSENTIALS Clinicians need to be aware of cardiovascular syphilis in patients at risk of infection, with the time taken from ...
Adam D. Timmis 16.13.4 Management of acute coronar
Adam D. Timmis 16.13.4 Management of acute coronary syndrome 3626 Rajesh K. Kharbanda and Keith A.A. Fox section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3626 NICE (2011). Management of stable angina. Clinical guideline. https:// www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg126 NICE (20...
Andrew R. Houghton and David Gray 16.3.2 Echocardi
Andrew R. Houghton and David Gray 16.3.2 Echocardiography 3314 James D. Newton, Adrian P. Banning, and Andrew R.J. Mitchell section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3314 FURTHER READING Bruce, RA, Fisher LD (1987). Exercise-enhanced assessment of risk factors for...
Andrew R.J. Mitchell 16.3.3 Cardiac investigations
Andrew R.J. Mitchell 16.3.3 Cardiac investigations: Nuclear, MRI, and CT 3326 Nikant Sabharwal, Andrew Kelion, Theodoros Karamitos, and Stefan Neubauer section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3326 or pulmonary embolism, and to diagnose most valvular abnormal- iti...
Cardiac failure 3390 16.5.1 Epidemiology and gener
Cardiac failure 3390 16.5.1 Epidemiology and general pathophysiological classification of heart failure 3390 Theresa A. McDonagh and Kaushik Guha 16.5 Cardiac failure CONTENTS 16.5.1 Epidemiology and general pathophysiological classification of heart failure ...
Chronic peripheral oedema and lymphoedema 3811 Pet
Chronic peripheral oedema and lymphoedema 3811 Peter S. Mortimer ESSENTIALS Lymph transport, not venous reabsorption, is the main process re- sponsible for interstitial fluid drainage. Oedema develops when the microvascular filtration rate exceeds lymph draina...
Edward D. Folland 16.13.6 Coronary artery bypass a
Edward D. Folland 16.13.6 Coronary artery bypass and valve surgery 3666 Rana Sayeed and David Taggart section 16 Cardiovascular disorders 3666 for long-term anticoagulation, although it must be kept in mind that patients treated with this procedure require a...