Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances Carol Jacobson MECHANISMS OF ARRHYTHMIAS Cardiac arrhythmias result from abnormal impulse initiation, abnormal impulse conduction, or both mechanisms together. Abnormal impulse initiation includes enhanced normal automaticity,…
Cardiac Surgery Denise Ledoux* Helen Luikart† *Author of the section on cardiac surgery. †Author of the section on cardiac transplantation. Surgical intervention continues to be a mainstay of treatment for…
Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention Min Sohn Mark Hawk Kirsten Martin Erika S. Sivarajan Froelicher Heart disease and stroke, both forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD), continue to be the first…
Global Cardiovascular Health Kawkab Shishani Erika S. Sivarajan Froelicher INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH In recent years, medicine worldwide has witnessed an “epidemiologic transition.” Morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases have…
Hemodynamic Monitoring Elizabeth J. Bridges Cardiovascular support of critically ill patients requires noninvasive and invasive monitoring of physiological indicators of cardiovascular function, including factors that affect cardiac performance (preload, afterload,…
Obesity: An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Lora E. Burke Patricia K. Tuite Melanie Warziski Turk Obesity is a multifactorial disease involving complex interactions among genetic, metabolic, environmental, cultural, and…
Hypertension Cheryl R. Dennison Nancy Houston Miller Susanna G. Cunningham Hypertension (HTN), also known as high blood pressure (BP), is the most common risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in…
Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome Beverly Dyck Thomassian OVERVIEW OF DIABETES The global epidemic of diabetes will challenge our generation to develop novel strategies to prevent and treat this life…
Psychosocial Risk Factors: Assessment and Management Interventions Simone K. Madan Erika S. Sivarajan Froelicher Despite extensive research and advances in knowledge about coronary heart disease (CHD) over the past several…
Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock Laurie A. Soine HEART FAILURE Heart failure (HF) is a pathophysiologic state in which an abnormality of cardiac function is responsible for inadequate systemic perfusion….