Tag Nan S. Anavekar

Clinical Practice/Controversy: Approach to Noninvasive Testing After Presentation with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Introduction Noninvasive testing after presentation with acute myocardial infarction (MI) plays an essential role in patient management. Noninvasive testing complements clinical assessment of risk stratification and can be used to aid management decisions. The major purposes of testing are measurement…

Infectious Endocarditis and Infections of Indwelling Devices

Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Infections involving the heart valves (infectious endocarditis [IE]) and those that involve cardiovascular devices, including permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), coronary stents, and ventricular assist devices, are associated with…