Evidence based cardiology

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

Approaches to evaluating evidence
A critical appraisal of the cardiovascular history and physical examination
Obtaining incremental information from diagnostic tests
Finding current best evidence to practice evidence based cardiology
Understanding concepts related to the quality of life
Understanding concepts related to health economics
Introduction to decision analysis
Assessing and changing cardiovascular clinical practices
Learning from clinical practice
Global perspective on cardiovascular disease
Tobacco: global burden and community solutions
Tobacco and cardiovascular disease: achieving smoking cessation
Lipids and cardiovascular disease
Use of lipid lowering agents in the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease
Glucose abnormalities and cardiovascular disease: "dysglycemia" as an emerging cardiovascular risk factor
Physical activity and exercise in cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation
Psychosocial factors in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review. Emerging approaches in cardiovascular prevention
Cost-effectiveness of prevention of cardiovascular disease
Estrogens and cardiovascular disease
Ethnicity and cardiovascular disease
Anti-ischemic drugs
Chronic coronary artery disease: coronary artery bypass surgery vs. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty vs. medical therapy
Unstable angina
Thrombolytic therapy
Mechanical reperfusion strategies in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction
Adjunctive antithrombotic therapy for acute myocardial infarction
Pain relief, general management and other adjunctive treatments
Complications after myocardial infarction
An integrated approach to the management of patients after the acute phase of myocardial infarction
Atrial fibrillation: antiarrhythmic therapy
Atrial fibrillation: antithrombotic therapy
Atrial fibrillation: non-pharmacologic therapies
Supraventricular tachycardia: drugs vs. ablation
Antiarrhythmic therapy in ventricular arrhythmias. Non-pharmacologic therapy for sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
Impact of pacemakers: when and what kind?
Syncope
Management of overt heart failure
Acute myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy
Prevention of congestive heart failure and treatment of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Other cardiomyopathies
Pericardial disease: an evidence based approach to diagnosis and treatment
Rheumatic heart disease: prevention and acute treatment
Mitral valve disease
Indications for surgery in aortic valve disease
Balloon valvuloplasty: aortic valve
Balloon valvuloplasty: Mitral valve
Valve repair and choice of valves
Diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis
Antithrombotic therapy after heart valve replacement
Pregnancy and heart disease. Coronary intervention: angioplasty, stents, and atherectomy
Adjunctive therapy in PTCA
Restenosis: etiologies and prevention
The prevention of ischemic stroke
Venous thromboembolic disease
Peripheral vascular disease
Stable angina: choice of PTCA vs. CABG vs. drugs
Unstable angina: management issues
Postmyocardial infarction: routine prophylaxis
Postmyocardial infarction risk factor modification: dyslipoproteinemias
Peripheral vascular disease with suspect coronary artery disease: management issues
Congestive heart failure
Atrial fibrillation: management issues
Ventricular dysrhythmias: pharmacology vs. non-pharmacology treatment
Bradyarrythmias: choice of pacemaker
Valvular heart disease: timing of surgery