The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task. Now, practitioners and their institutions have a clear path to successful application of guidelines from the American Heart Association. This book outlines the key AHA guidelines, Statements, and Performance Measures and includes comparisons with the associated European guidelines. This book also has a strong online component, which will alert users who sign up to new updates to the guidelines and other relevant information. It will also have links through to the full guidelines and statements.

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, former Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Vascular Lesions, Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque explores the most cutting-edge developments in a field grown richer through technological advances.

Chronic Stable Angina	p. 1
Unstable Angina/Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction	p. 25
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction	p. 46
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs	p. 91
Secondary Prevention for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease	p. 108
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	p. 117
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery	p. 134
Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery	p. 152
Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease	p. 165
Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile	p. 187
Hypertension	p. 196
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women	p. 214
Heart Failure	p. 223
Cardiomyopathies	p. 236
Atrial Fibrillation	p. 244
Supraventricular Arrhythmias	p. 255
Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death	p. 270
Valvular Heart Disease	p. 293
Infective Endocarditis	p. 312
Cardiac CT Imaging	p. 336
Update on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Current and Future Trends	p. 353
Other Statements Published in 2008	p. 353
Index	p. 355
COI Table	p. 373
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The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

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