Search Results

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 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 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 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 3509

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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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...

Jay W. Mason and Heinz- Peter Schultheiss 16.7.2 The cardiomyopathies: Hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive, and right ventricular 3468 Oliver P. Guttmann and Perry Elliott section 16  Cardiovascular disorders 3468 Wojinicz R, et al. (2001). Randomized, placebo-...

Nikant Sabharwal, Andrew Kelion, Theodoros Karamitos, and Stefan Neubauer 16.3.4 Cardiac catheterization and angiography 3339 Edward D. Folland 16.3.4  Cardiac catheterization and angiography 3339 Takx RA, et  al. (2015). Diagnostic accuracy of stress myocar- ...

Oliver P. Guttmann and Perry Elliott 16.7.3 Specifific heart muscle disorders 3489 Oliver P. Guttmann and Perry Elliott 16.7.3  Specific heart muscle disorders 3489 Caforio AL, et al. (2013). Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and ...

Peter S. Mortimer 16.19 Idiopathic oedema of women 3823 John D. Firth ESSENTIALS Idiopathic oedema is an unsatisfactory label that is applied to women who complain of swelling, typically variable, with diag- nosis requiring exclusion of known causes of oedema ...