Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality represent a special concern in patients with known (or with risk factors for) cardiovascular disease who undergo noncardiac surgery. The cost of perioperative myocardial injury…
Acknowledgment This section extends the corresponding chapter of prior editions of Braunwald’s Heart Disease , which was authored by Drs. Charles J. Davidson and Robert O. Bonow. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Introduction to…
Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr. Sabato Sorrentino for editorial assistance. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Coronary angiography consists of the visualization of the coronary anatomy under fluoroscopy, facilitated by direct injection of contrast media…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Over the last 15 years, cardiac computed tomography (CT) has evolved considerably and is now an essential noninvasive tool for evaluating various forms of heart disease. The technical advances…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The multicomponent capability of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) provides morphologic, structural, and physiologic information relevant to a broad array of cardiovascular diseases. CMR offers technical advantages of unrestricted tomographic…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Nuclear cardiology encompasses multiple quantitative imaging techniques with established clinical applications in ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiac and vascular inflammation and infection, with emerging applications in valvular heart…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The chest radiograph (CXR) has endured, despite all advances in technology, due to its instantaneous capture of patient health as a snapshot in time. Like photographic snapshots, CXRs can…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Echocardiography remains the most commonly used comprehensive cardiac imaging modality and is often the first test of choice for assessing cardiac structure and function. When compared with other imaging…
Acknowledgment The authors wish to acknowledge the previous contributions of Dr. Anthony Morise, which have laid the foundation for this chapter. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Exercise electrocardiographic testing is among the most fundamental…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The technology and the clinical value of the electrocardiogram (ECG or, as sometimes referred to, EKG) have continuously evolved since the invention of the string galvanometer by Einthoven in…