Contemporary Concepts in Cardiology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management

669 Pages·1999·15.768 MB·English

by  Richard Gorlin, George Dangas, Pavlos K. Toutouzas, M. M. Konstadoulakis (auth.)

CONTEMPORARY
CONCEPTS IN CARDIOLOGY
Pathophysiology and Clinical Management
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CONTEMPORARY
CONCEPTS IN CARDIOLOGY
Pathophysiology and Clinical Management
Richard Gorlin Pavlos K. Toutouzas
George Dangas M.M. Konstadoulakis
Mount Sinai School National University of Athens
of Medicine, New York School of Medicine
Foreword by
J. WiIIis Hurst
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Themata sygchrones kardiologias. English. Contemporary concepts in cardiology:
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Includes index.
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1. Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Treatment. 1. Gorlin, Richard, 1926- . II.
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CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS IN CARDIOLOGY
Pathophysiology and Clinical Management
Foreword ................................................................................... xiii
J. Willis Hurst
Preface ..................................................................................... xv
George Dangas, Richard Gorlin
Prologue ................................................................................... xvii
Pavlos K. Toutouzas, Manoussos M. Konstadoulakis
Section A
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chapter 1
PATHOGENESIS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS ............................................ 3
Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, Juan J Badimon, Valentin Fuster
Chapter 2
SYNDROMES OF ACCELERATED ATHEROSCLEROSIS ................... 19
Beat Meyer, Una Badimon, James H. Chesebro
Chapter 3
LIPOPROTEINS AND APOPROTEINS ................................................... 28
Elena Citkowitz, Peter Herbert
Chapter 4
LIPID LOWERING THERAPY ................................................................. 69
Donald A. Smith
Chapter 5
SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA ...................................................... 102
Brian Schafer, Thomas C. Andrews, Peter H. Stone
viii
Chapter 6
VASOSPASTIC ANGINA ....................................................................... 114
Attilio Maseri, Gaetano A. Lanza
Chapter 7
THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN CORONARY DISEASE ................. 125
Todd J. Anderson, Ian T. Meredith, Fran90is Charbonneau, Peter Ganz,
Andrew P. Selwyn
Chapter 8
THROMBOLYTIC AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPIES
FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES ............................................ 142
Christopher P. Cannon, Joseph Loscalzo
Chapter 9
DEVELOPMENT OF COLLATERAL CORONARY CIRCULATION ..... 176
Olga Hudlicka, Margaret Brown
Section B
HYPERTENSION
Chapter 10
INSULIN RESISTANCE, AND HYPERTENSION ................................ 195
Fred Slogoff, Eric Wasserman, Robert A. Phillips
Chapter 11
AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING ........................... 217
Peter A. Kringstein, Ethan D. Loeb, Robert A. Phillips
Chapter 12
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS ....................... 228
Theodore D. Mountokalakis
Chapter 13
DISTENSIBILITY OF THE GREAT VESSELS
AND HYPERTENSION .......................................................................... 236
Christos Pitsavos, Christodoulos I. Stefanadis, Pavlos K. Toutouzas
ix
Section C
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Chapter 14
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE .. 249
Daniel Levy, George Dangas, Richard Gorlin
Chapter 15
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ............................................... 267
David P. Dutka, Celia M. Oakley
Chapter 16
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY ............................................................ 278
P. J. Keaning, William J. McKenna
Chapter 17
AUTOIMMUNE CARDIAC DISEASES ................................................. 294
Manoussos M. Konstadoulakis, George D. Kymionis, Marina G. Toutouza,
Emanuel Leandros
Chapter 18
CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION ........................................................... 302
Ronald S. Freudenberger, Alan Gass
Section D
CARDIAC GENETICS
Chapter 19
DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN MUSCLE ............................ 315
R. Sanders Williams
Chapter 20
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE .................. 332
Ralph V. Shohet
x
Chapter 21
GENETICS OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ...................... 345
Calum MacRae
Chapter 22
GENE THERAPY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES .................... 355
David W. M. Muller
Section E
NONINVASIVE CARDIOLOGY
Chapter 23
NUCLEAR IMAGING TECHNIQUES .................................................... 381
Diwakar Jain, Barry L. Zaret
Chapter 24
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION
OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE .................................................... 397
Rebecca T. Hahn, Richard B. Devereux
Chapter 25
TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY .................................. 421
Alan S. Katz
Chapter 26
DUPLEX VASCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY ...................................... 434
Aris Antoniou, Lampros Vlahos
Section F
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Chapter 27
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CORONARY
REVASCULARIZATION ......................................................................... 449
Roxana Mehran, Martin B. Leon
xi
Chapter 28
CORONARY ATHERECTOMY .............................................................. 463
Samin K. Sharma, Annapoorna S. Kini
Chapter 29
EXCIMER LASER ANGIOPLASTY ....................................................... 479
Henry S. Ting, Farris K. Timimi, John A. Bittl
Chapter 30
NOVEL INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES ............................................ 490
David R. Holmes, Jr., Robert S. Schwartz
Chapter 31
INTRACORONARY ULTRASOUND ...................................................... 504
George Dangas, Paul G. Yock
Chapter 32
RESTENOSIS ........................................................................................ 521
George Dangas, Roxana Mehran
Chapter 33
BALLOON MISTRAL VALVULOPLASTY .............................................. 538
Christodoulos I. Stefanadis, Pavlos K. Toutouzas
Section G
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 34
PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPY OF ARRHYTHMIAS ........................... 559
John Kassotis, Roy Sauberman, James Coromilas
Chapter 35
ABLATIVE THERAPY FOR ARRHYTHMIAS ........................................ 600
J. Anthony Gomes, Davendra Mehta