Coronary Artery Disease, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book

Download or read book Coronary Artery Disease, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book written by David M. Shavelle and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and throughout the world. This issue of the Heart Failure Clinics provides a contemporary and concise, yet extensive, review on all aspects of the management of patients with coronary artery disease. Topics include but are not limited to: Epidemiology, Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Coronary Artery Disease; Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Calcium Scoring and Cardiac Computed Tomography; Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiac Syndrome X; and Revascularization Options: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.