Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine

by Aung Myat (Editor), Tony Gershlick (Editor)

Overview

Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine provides a thorough and wide-ranging analysis of core examples of novel research, clinical trials and seminal papers published in the medical literature that have paved the way for breakthroughs in the management of the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease. These papers may have produced positive, negative or equivocal findings but are regarded by the experts as having either stimulated a paradigm shift in therapeutic strategy or been the catalyst for new and improved methods of research, diagnosis or drug development. Our aim is to provide both a benchmark and inspiration for future work in the field of cardiovascular medicine and also to give the reader an insight into the mechanics and infrastructure of how high-quality evidence-based medicine has been produced. Each trial summary is punctuated by sections on 'strengths and limitations', 'impact on the field', 'learning points' and 'further reading' suggestions that allow for a completely holistic analysis of the data. The experts also give their views on what research is currently underway, their hopes for the future and what advances they predict will occur in each subspecialty field of cardiovascular medicine, making this book essential reading for all those individuals with an interest in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191637865
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/27/2012
Series:	Landmark Papers in
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Dr Aung Myat is currently a BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow in Coronary Physiology working in The Rayne Institute at St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London. He is a Specialist Registrar in the West Midlands Deanery Cardiology Training Programme but has taken time out of formal training to undertake a postgraduate PhD degree. Prior to this he completed his general medical rotation in Nottingham, culminating in the attainment of his MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is heavily involved in medical education and research having published a number of articles, book chapters, and organized national symposia. He has also been co-opted as a Member of the Communication and Education Committee of the British Cardiovascular Society.

Tony Gershlick is Consultant Cardiologist at Universtiy Hospitals of Leicester, and has a personal chair as Professor of Interventional Cardiology, University of Leicester. He received his BSc in Pharmacological Biochemistry at St Mary's Hospital and then went on train in London for MB BS, MRCP, and junior cardiology training at the London and London Chest Hospitals He was appointed to the University Hospitals of Leicester in 1990 and awarded a personal Chair in Interventional cardiology 2008.

Professor Gershlick is Chairman, R&D Committee for the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. He is also part of the BCIS Audit Group, and since 1995 he has been a Council Member with BCIS with special responsibilities for research. He has published 130 peer review papers multiple book chapters and editorials His major clinical interests are in chronic total occlusions and acute coronary syndromes

Table of Contents

1: Coronary Heart Disease1. Epidemiology, Outcomes and Quality of Care, Dr Kim Smolderen, Dr Amit Amin, Dr Suzanne Arnold, Dr Donna Buchanan, Dr Paul Chan, Dr David Cohen, Dr Mikhail Kosiborod, Dr Nestor Mercado, Dr Adam Salisbury, Dr Lakshmi Venkitachalam and Professor John Spertus2. Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease, Dr Adie Viljoen and Dr Anthony Wierzbicki3. Physiology of Myocardial Ischaemia, Dr Kalpa De Silva and Dr Divaka Perera4. Thrombosis, Haemostasis and Platelet Biology, Dr Paul Gurbel, Dr Dean Kereiakes and Dr Udaya Tantry5. Medical versus Invasive Management of Coronary Heart Disease, Dr William Moody and Professor Bernard Gersh6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Dr Nalyaka Sambu and Professor Nicholas Curzen7. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Dr Richard Varcoe and Dr Robert Henderson2. Cardiac Electrophysiology and Heart Rhythm Disturbances8. Epidemiology and Molecular Foundation, Dr Fu Siong Ng and Professor Nicholas Peters9. Atrial Fibrillation, Dr Luke Tapp and Professor Gregory YH Lip10. Percutaneous Intervention, Dr James Harrison, Dr Nick Linton, Dr Matthew Wright and Dr Mark O'Neill11. Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Therapy, Dr Boon Lim and Dr Pier Lambiase3. Heart Failure12. Epidemiology, Dr Kaushik Guha and Professor Theresa McDonagh13. Medical Management, Dr Jamal Khan, Dr Tania Pawade and Professor John Cleland14. Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy, Dr Ricardo Petraco, Dr Larry Mulligan and Dr Francisco Leyva15. Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy, Dr Julian Ormerod and Professor Michael Frenneaux16. Cardiac Failure and Transplantation, Dr William Davies and Dr Jayan Parameshwar4. Hypertension17. Systemic Arterial Hypertension, Dr Kaleab Asrress and Professor Bryan Williams18. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Dr Christopher Valerio and Dr Gerry Coghlan5. Valvular Heart Disease19. Epidemiology and Intervention, Dr Hasan Jilaihawi, Dr Natalia Briceno, Dr Joerg Seeburger and Professor Friedrich Mohr20. Endocarditis, Dr James Harrison and Dr Bernard Prendergast6. Cardiac Imaging21. Echocardiography, Dr Christopher Steadman and Professor Mark Monaghan22. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Dr Manish Motwani, Dr Roy Jogiya and Dr Sven Plein23. Cardiac Computed Tomography, Dr Srikanth Iyengar and Professor Carl Roobottom i7. Congential Heart Disease24. Congenital Heart Disease, Dr Alexander Opotowsky, Dr Angela Yetman and Professor Gary Webb8. Obstetric Cardiology25. Obstetric Cardiology, Dr John Fryearson and Dr Dawn Adamson9. Cardiac Rehabilitation26. Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dr Randal Thomas, Dr Aung Myat, Dr Tushar Kotecha and Dr Ray Squires