This authoritative reference provides comprehensive coverage of cardiovascular disease. Each chapter is complete with algorithms, case studies, and recommendations on evidence-based practice, and are designed to help busy practitioners perform assessments, initiate and guide efficacious therapy.

Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting provides an authoritative, detailed discussion of cardiovascular disease balanced with practical utility. Disease states are explained with emphasis on risk factors, risk estimation, and established cardiac disease. The book also delves into the co-morbid conditions which surround cardiovascular disease, including peripheral vascular disease, chronic kidney disease, depression, and erectile dysfunction, with the goal of improving quality of life for affected individuals. An abundance of algorithms, case studies, and recommendations on evidence-based best practices facilitate rapid learning. A key resource for the busy practitioner, this book is designed to give the reader the skills to confidently perform assessments, initiate and maintain efficacious therapy, and know when a referral to a cardiologist is advisable.

Provide comprehensive coverage of cardiovascular disease Ultimate goal is towards improving the quality of care All contributors are nationally and internationally acknowledged experts in their respective fields Algorithms, case studies, and recommendations on evidence-based presented in every chapter Designed to help the busy practitioner perform assessments, initiate and guide efficacious therapy, and know when referral to a cardiologist is advisable Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FAHA, FACC Dr. Toth is the Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Sterling Rock Falls Clinic in Sterling, IL. He is has authored and coauthored over 100 scholarly articles and chapters. He is also a visiting Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Christopher P. Cannon, MD, FACC Dr. Cannon is a Senior Investigator for the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A prominent figure in the field with an outstanding body of book and journal article publications, he is also the Series Editor for the book series Contemporary Cardiology published by Humana Press.

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1. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Characterization of Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Factors.- 2. Atrial Hypertension.- 3. Management Dyslipidemia.- 4. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss.- 5. Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk Factors.- 6. Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.- 7. The Metabolic Syndrome: 2009.- 8. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care Setting.- 9. Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia.- 10. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.- 11. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.- 12. Coronary Artery Stenting.- 13. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.- 14. Cardiac Rehabilitation.- 15. Carotid Artery Disease.- 16. Peripheral Arterial Disease.- 17. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism.- 18. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale.- 19. Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke.- 20. Aortic Aneurysms.- 21. Erectile Dysfunction.- 22. Valvular Heart Disease.- 23. Pericardial Diseases.- 24. Common Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias.- 25. Evidence-based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure.- 26. Coronary Calcium Scoring.- 27. Cardiac Computed Tomography.- 28. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.