Valentin Fuster 
The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook [EPUB ebook] 

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association. This book outlines the key AHA guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have links through to the full guidelines and statements.

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Contributors vii

Preface x

1 Chronic Stable Angina 1

Theodore D. Fraker, Stephan D. Fihn, and Raymond J.
Gibbons

2 Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
25

Jeffrey L. Anderson and Nanette Kass Wenger

3 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 46

Elliott M. Antman

4 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs
91

Mark A. Williams and Gary J. Balady

5 Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other
Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease 108

Sidney C. Smith, Jr.

6 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 117

Sidney C. Smith, Jr.

7 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 134

Cullen D. Morris, Kim Eagle, Robert A. O’Rourke, and Robert A.
Guyton

8 Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for
Noncardiac Surgery 152

Lee A. Fleisher

9 Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease 165

Alan T. Hirsch and Ziv J. Haskal

10 Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile
187

Scott M. Grundy

11 Hypertension 196

Clive Rosendorff

12 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women 214

Kathy Berra and Nanette Kass Wenger

13 Heart Failure 223

Sharon A. Hunt and Mariell Jessup

14 Cardiomyopathies 236

Barry J. Maron

15 Atrial Fibrillation 244

Valentin Fuster and Lars Rydén

16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias 255

Carina Blomström-Lundqvist and Melvin Scheinman

17 Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death 270

A. John Camm and Douglas P. Zipes

18 Valvular Heart Disease 293

Robert O. Bonow

19 Infective Endocarditis 312

Larry M. Baddour, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael H. Gewitz, and
Walter R. Wilson

20 Cardiac CT Imaging 336

Matthew J. Budoff and Allen J. Taylor

Appendix Update on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Current and
Future Trends 347

Robert A. O’Rourke

Other Statements Published in 2008 353

Index 355

COI Table 373

Despre autor

Valentin Fuster, MD, Ph D, former Chairman of the American Heart Association’s Committee on Vascular Lesions, Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque explores the most cutting-edge developments in a field grown richer through technological advances.