Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Foreword by Bernard Gersh and Historical Context by Eugene Braunwald /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Naidu, Srihari S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Interventional Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Cardiac Surgery.

This book provides a comprehensive clinical review of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common genetic disorder of the heart characterized by dysfunctional contractility at the sarcomere level, resulting in the development of abnormal and occasionally focal hypertrophy on a macroscopic lev...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Foreword
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Past, The Present, and The Future
• Natural History of Untreated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Pathology & Pathophysiology
• Approach to Diagnosis: Echocardiography
• Cardiac MRI in Diagnosis and Management
• Genetics of HCM and Role of Genetic Testing
• Assessment of Heart Failure: Invasive and Non-invasive Methods
• Assessment of Syncope
• Pediatric Diagnosis and Management
• Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Assessment
• Youth and Athletic Screening: Rationale, Methods and Outcome
• Lifestyle Modification: Diet, Exercise, Sports and Other Issues
• Family Screening: Who, When and How
• Medical Therapy: From Beta–Blockers to Disopyramide
• Indications and Outcome of PPM and ICD Placement
• Management of Arrhythmia: Medications, Electrophysiology Studies and Ablation
• Indications for and Individualization of Septal Reduction Therapy
• Surgical Myectomy and Associated Procedures: Techniques and Outcomes
• Alcohol Septal Ablation: Technique and Outcome
• End-Stage Diastolic and Systolic Heart Failure: Evaluation and Timing of Heart Transplantation
• Approach to the Initial and Follow-Up Visits
• Evaluation and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients through Noncardiac Surgery and Pregnancy
• Constructing a Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence
• Longitudinal Case-Based Presentations in HCM.