A Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine To my mother, Masoumeh Toti, for her continuous support and love. and To my mentor, Irv Weissman, for being a true role model and a source of inspiration. [R.A.] To my wife Mabel, for bringing so much love and joy to my life. [M.P.] To my wonderful wife Gloria and to my beautiful daughters Catherine and Margaret. and To the memory of my loving parents Lillian and Samuel. [P.W.] Openmirrors.com A Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Medicine EDITED BY Reza Ardehali MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Marco Perez MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Paul Wang PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication This edition fi rst published 2011 © 2011 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientifi c, Technical and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. 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Wang, Paul, Ph.D. [DNLM: 1. Cardiovascular Diseases–diagnosis. 2. Cardiovascular Diseases–therapy. 3. Cardiology–methods. WG 120] RC669.15.P727 2011 616.1'2–dc22 2010047389 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDF 9781444393873; Wiley Online Library 9781444393897; ePub 9781444393880 Set in 9.5 on 12 pt Palatino by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited 1 2011 Contents Contributors, viii List of Abbreviations, xi Foreword, xv Section I Preventive Cardiology Chapter 1 Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 3 Maulik Shah and Reza Ardehali Chapter 2 Dyslipidemia, 11 Karim Sallam and Reza Ardehali Chapter 3 Hypertension, 21 Christopher Woods and Richard Lafayette Section II Coronary Artery Disease Chapter 4 Stable Angina, 35 Joshua Lehrer and William F. Fearon Chapter 5 Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 43 Joshua Lehrer and David P. Lee Chapter 6 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 53 Yen Tibayan v vi Contents Section III Heart Failure Chapter 7 Care of the Cardiomyopathic Patient, 69 Nicholas J. Leeper, Reza Ardehali, and Michael Fowler Chapter 8 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure, 81 Matthew T. Wheeler and Roham T. Zamanian Chapter 9 Heart Transplantation, 94 Jesus Almendral, Robert Maranda, and Sharon Hunt Section IV Valvular and Vascular Disease Chapter 10 Valvular Heart Disease, 119 Reza Ardehali and Ingela Schnittger Chapter 11 Diseases of the Aorta, 139 Michael Ho and David Liang Chapter 12 Peripheral Vascular Disease, 154 Andrew Wilson, Reza Ardehali, and John Cooke Section V Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Chapter 13 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter, 165 Marco Perez and Amin Al-Ahmad Chapter 14 Supraventricular Tachycardia, 177 Marco Perez and Paul Zei Chapter 15 Ventricular Tachycardia, 194 Jeffrey Hsing and Henry Hsia Chapter 16 Bradycardia, 204 Jeffrey Hsing and Paul Wang Chapter 17 Syncope, 212 Farheen Shirazi and Karen Friday Section VI Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations Chapter 18 Congenital Heart Disease, 227 Patrick Yue Chapter 19 Cardiology Consultation and Management of Perioperative Complications, 239 Azar Mehdizadeh and Stanley G. Rockson Contents vii Chapter 20 Management of Pre- and Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients, 248 Mohammad Haghdoost and Ramin Beygui Section VII Specialized Testing and Therapeutics Chapter 21 Adult Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 263 Anurag Gupta and Amin Al-Ahmad Chapter 22 ECG Interpretation, 272 Marco Perez and Victor F. Froelicher Chapter 23 Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography, 283 Shahriar Heidary and Ingela Schnittger Chapter 24 Noninvasive Stress Testing, 293 Arvindh Kanagasundram and Victor F. Froelicher Chapter 25 Cardiac MRI and CT, 303 Chandra Katikireddy and Michael V. McConnell Chapter 26 Clinical Cardiac Hemodynamics, 326 Shirley Park and Euan Ashley Chapter 27 Percutaneous Interventions, 340 Aiden O’Loughlin and Alan Yeung Chapter 28 Pacemakers and ICD Troubleshooting, 360 Marco Perez and Paul Wang Chapter 29 Introduction to Electrophysiology Studies, 370 Ronald Lo and Henry Hsia Index, 381 Contributors viii Amin Al - Ahmad MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Jesus Almendral MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Reza Ardehali MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Euan Ashley MRCP DPhil Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Ramin Beygui MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA John Cooke MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA William F. Fearon MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Michael Fowler MB FRCP Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Karen Friday MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Victor F. Froelicher MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Anurag Gupta MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Mohammad Haghdoost MD Department of General Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Openmirrors.com Contributors ix Shahriar Heidary MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Micheal Ho MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Henry Hsia MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Jeffrey Hsing MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Sharon Hunt MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Arvindh Kanagasundram MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Chandra Katikireddy MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Richard Lafayette MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Nephrology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA David P. Lee MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Nicholas J. Leeper MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Joshua Lehrer MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA David Liang MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Ronald Lo MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Robert Maranda MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Michael V. McConnell MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Azar Mehdizadeh MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Aiden O ’ Loughlin MBBS Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Shirley Park MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA x Contributors Marco Perez MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Stanley G. Rockson MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Karim Sallam MD Department of Internal Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Ingela Schnittger MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Maulik Shah MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Farheen Shirazi MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Yen Tibayan MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Paul Wang PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Matthew T. Wheeler MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Andrew Wilson MBBS PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Christopher Woods MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Alan Yeung MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Patrick Yue MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Roham T. Zamanian MD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA Paul Zei MD PhD Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA, USA