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Controversies in Cardiology

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Editors:
  1. John A. Ambrose

    1. UCSF Fresno, Fresno, USA

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  2. Alfredo E. Rodríguez

    1. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • Addresses specific areas in cardiology where there is uncertainty, continued debate and/or no consensus based on current guidelines

  • Provides a balanced, evidence-based look at the unresolved issues together with the pros and cons of potential solutions

  • Each chapter is authored by experts in the field and their opposing views presented

  • Concise approach to aid busy cardiologists in choosing the most suitable management solutions and correctly apply them to their patients

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Special Situations of Controversial, Increased, or Unknown Cardiovascular Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. New Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease

      • Tushar Acharya, Prakash C. Deedwania
      Pages 3-19

    3. Angiographic Narrowing Prior to ST Elevation MI. Are the Lesions Non Obstructive?

      • John A. Ambrose, Ryan Berg
      Pages 21-31

    4. Vulnerable Plaques Versus Patients-How to Reduce Acute Coronary Events in the Future

      • Richard George Kiel, John A. Ambrose
      Pages 33-42

    5. Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease

      • Sanjum S. Sethi, Michael E. Farkouh
      Pages 43-54

    6. Elevated Triglycerides, Atherosclerosis and Adverse Clinical Events

      • Steven R. Jones, Shady Nakhla
      Pages 55-67

    7. Patent Foramen Ovale Closure and Stroke

      • Pablo Rengifo-Moreno, Igor F. Palacios
      Pages 69-79

  3. Cardiovascular Diagnosis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. CT Angiography Versus Routine Stress Testing for Patients with Chest Pain Seen in the Emergency Room to Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Disease

      • Gaston A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Patricia Carrascosa
      Pages 83-98

    3. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – An Interesting and Somewhat Unexplained Clinical Entity

      • Eduardo D. Gabe, John A. Ambrose
      Pages 99-109

    4. Chest Pain in Women: Evaluation and Management

      • Josephine Warren, Jennifer Yu, Liliana Rosa Grinfeld, Roxana Mehran
      Pages 111-132

  4. Cardiovascular Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis, Troponin Elevation and Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease

      • Arang Samim, John A. Ambrose
      Pages 135-146

    3. New Therapeutic Options for Patients with Refractory Angina

      • Luís Henrique Wolff Gowdak, Eulógio E. Martinez
      Pages 147-162

    4. Medical and Invasive Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients on Anticoagulants

      • Ryan Berg, Nabil Shafi
      Pages 163-174

    5. Managing Intracoronary Thrombus During PCI

      • David Antoniucci
      Pages 175-185

    6. Coronary Stenting Remains the First Revascularization Option in Most Patients with a Clinical Indication for Myocardial Revascularization

      • Juan Mieres, Nicolás Herscovich, Alfredo E. Rodríguez
      Pages 187-201

    7. Optimal Management of Multivessel CAD: PCI Versus CABG Surgery Versus Medical Therapy Alone

      • William E. Boden
      Pages 203-219

    8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Unprotected Left Main Stenosis: Medical Evidence from Randomized and Observational Studies

      • Carlos Fernández-Pereira, Alfredo E. Rodríguez
      Pages 221-236
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About this book

This book will consider several clinical and interventional topics for which there is uncertainty, continued debate and/or no consensus based on current guidelines. While there are numerous guidelines in cardiology, new and on-going trials that address new drugs treatments and procedures raise many unanswered questions.  Furthermore, most practicing cardiologist taking care of the patients are likely unable to digest all of these studies or guidelines and necessarily correctly apply them to their patients. If one considers in the guidelines the frequent use of Level C (consensus), there are many areas or situations where no trial exists. Also, when applying the results of a trial to an individual patient, there can be uncertainty of how this patient should be managed based on the present body of evidence.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UCSF Fresno, Fresno, USA

    John A. Ambrose

  • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Alfredo E. Rodríguez

About the editors

Dr. John Ambrose is an internationally renowned expert in coronary artery disease and is one of the great pioneers in acute coronary syndromes. He has published extensively and his work has laid the foundation for the current theories on unstable angina, myocardial infarction and the vulnerable plaque, among others.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Controversies in Cardiology

  • Editors: John A. Ambrose, Alfredo E. Rodríguez

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20415-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20414-7Published: 23 September 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20415-4Published: 10 September 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 417

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cardiac Surgery

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