Zab Mohsenifar - Practical Critical Care in Cardiology

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Practical Critical Care in Cardiology

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FUNDAMENTAL AND CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY

Editor-in-Chief

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Associate Editor, Europe

Henri Bounameaux, M.D.

University Hospital of Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland

1. Drug Treatment of Hyperlipidemia , edited by Basil M. Rifkind

2. Cardiotonic Drugs: A Clinical Review, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded , edited by Carl V. Leier

3. Complications of Coronary Angioplasty , edited by Alexander J. R. Black, H. Vernon Anderson, and Stephen G. Ellis

4. Unstable Angina , edited by John D. Rutherford

5. Beta-Blockers and Cardiac Arrhythmias , edited by Prakash C. Deed wania

6. Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease , edited by Roy J. Shephard and Henry S. Miller, Jr.

7. Cardiopulmonary Physiology in Critical Care , edited by Steven M. Scharf

8. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Hemostasis, and Endo-thelial Function , edited by Robert Boyer Francis, Jr.

9. Coronary Heart Disease Prevention , edited by Frank G. Yanowitz

10. Thrombolysis and Adjunctive Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction , edited by Eric R. Bates

11. Stunned Myocardium: Properties, Mechanisms, and Clinical Manifestations , edited by Robert A. Kloner and Karin Przyklenk

12. Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism , edited by Samuel Z. Goldhaber

13. Silent Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction: Third Edition , Peter F. Cohn

14. Congestive Cardiac Failure: Pathophysiology and Treatment , edited by David B. Barnett, Hubert Pouleur, and Gary S. Francis

15. Heart Failure: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects , edited by Judith K. Gwathmey, G. Maurice Briggs, and Paul D. Allen

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16. Coronary Thrombolysis in Perspective: Principles Underlying Conjunctive and Adjunctive Therapy , edited by Burton E. Sobel and Dsir Collen

17. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly Patient , edited by Donald D. Tresch and Wilbert S. Aronow

18. Systemic Cardiac Embolism , edited by Michael D. Ezekowitz

19. Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins in Prophylaxis and Therapy of Thromboembolic Diseases , edited by Henri Bounameaux

20. Valvular Heart Disease , edited by Muayed Al Zaibag and Carlos M. G. Duran

21. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Comprehensive Textbook , edited by N. A. Mark Estes III, Antonis S. Manolis, and Paul J. Wang

22. Individualized Therapy of Hypertension , edited by Norman M. Kaplan and C. Venkata S. Ram

23. Atlas of Coronary Balloon Angioplasty , Bernhard Meier and Vivek K. Mehan

24. Lowering Cholesterol in High-Risk Individuals and Populations , edited by Basil M. Rifkind

25. Interventional Cardiology: New Techniques and Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment , edited by Christopher J. White and Stephen R. Ramee

26. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases , edited by Stephen C. Mockrin

27. The Pericardium: A Comprehensive Textbook , David H. Spodick

28. Coronary Restenosis: From Genetics to Therapeutics , edited by Giora Z. Feuerstein

29. The Endothelium in Clinical Practice: Source and Target of Novel Therapies , edited by Gabor M. Rubanyi and Victor J. Dzau

30. Molecular Biology of Cardiovascular Disease , edited by Andrew R. Marks and Mark B. Taubman

31. Practical Critical Care in Cardiology , edited by Zab Mohsenifar and P. K. Shah

32. Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease , edited by Robert J. Siegel

ADDITIONAL VOLUMES IN PREPARATION

Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease , edited by Eric R. Bates and David R. Holmes

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edited by

Zab Mohsenifar

P. K. Shah

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

and University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

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ISBN: 0-8247-0097-X

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Marcel Dekker, Inc., has focused on the development of various series of beautifully produced books in different branches of medicine. These series have facilitated the integration of rapidly advancing information for both the clinical specialist and the researcher.

My goal as editor-in-chief of the Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology series is to assemble the talents of world-renowned authorities to discuss virtually every area of cardiovascular medicine. In the current monograph, Practical Critical Care in Cardiology , Zab Mohsenifar and P. K. Shah have edited a much-needed and timely book. Other contributions to this series include books on molecular biology, interventional cardiology, and clinical management of such problems as coronary artery disease and ventricular arrhythmias.

Samuel Z. Goldhaber

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Approximately two years ago, we were invited to chair a symposium on critical care issues of importance to cardiologists and related specialists at the American Heart Association meeting in Anaheim, California. The symposium focused on topics pertinent to intensive care management that are not usually emphasized in general cardiology training. Following this successful symposium, a number of the attendees approached us about writing a textbook that would focus on noncardiology critical care issues likely to be encountered in cardiac intensive care units. Thus, the seeds of this textbook were planted that afternoon in Anaheim.