| |
Forthcoming new titles Fast Facts: Cardiac Arrhythmias
By Gerry Kaye, Steve Furniss and Robert Lemery
ISBN 978-1-903734-88-9
The diagnosis and management of heart rhythm abnormalities is often viewed as a complex and inaccessible area of modern cardiology shrouded in technical detail. Fast Facts: Cardiac Arrhythmias demystifies the subject with a straightforward approach to rhythm abnormality, asking how the patient with arrhythmia presents, how the problem should be investigated and how the arrhythmia can be managed. Highlights include:
o A succinct description of normal conduction
o A simple classification of arrhythmias based on 12-lead ECG patterns
o A concise explanation of the mechanisms of arrhythmias with clear well-annotated illustrations
o A comprehensive review of presenting signs and symptoms, with key questions to ask the patient
o A logical approach to investigation: predict it (history and examination), wait for it (monitoring) or provoke it (electrophysiological testing)
o Practical information on management options: pharmacological therapy, direct cardioversion, catheter ablation and cardiac devices
o Specific chapters on the different types of arrhythmia
This highly readable handbook is an up-to-date practical resource for primary healthcare professionals, coronary care nurses, medical students and trainee cardiologists - in fact, anyone who wants a better understanding of the common arrhythmias and how best to manage them.
Contents
Conduction within the heart; Classification and mechanisms of arrhythmias; Presenting signs and symptoms; Investigation; Management principles; Supraventricular arrhythmias; Atrial flutter; Atrial fibrillation; Ventricular arrhythmias; Rare and unusual arrhythmias; Cardiac devices: pacemakers and defibrillators
Fast Facts: Hyperlipidemia (fifth edition)
By Allan Sniderman and Paul Durrington
ISBN 978-1-905832-63-7
Fast Facts: Hyperlipidemia provides a crisp and accurate summary of lipid disorders using clear language and illustrations. Directed at a broad range of healthcare professionals, from primary care physicians to specialists, this updated fifth edition addresses the importance of considering lipoprotein particles, not just their lipids.
The authors, renowned experts from the UK and USA, interpret clinical trial evidence in the context of pathogenesis and provide practical solutions to the routine problems encountered in the clinical management of hyperlipidemias.
Contents
Lipids and lipoproteins - structure and physiology; Epidemiology and pathophysiology; Familial (monogenic) hypercholesterolemia; Polygenic hypercholesterolemia and combined hyperlipidemia; Hypertriglyceridemia; Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia; Dyslipidemia in insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus; Secondary hyperlipidemia; Dietary treatment; Drug treatment; When to treat; Biochemical tests
|
| |
|
