Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Landmark Papers in Cardiologyprovides a detailed summary of the most important trials and studies in cardiology, which have paved the way for breakthroughs in the clinical management of the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease. Each chapter is written by a prominent international cardiologist in that particular field, making this book essential reading for all cardiologists and cardiovascular trainees. The text enables all cardiology trainees to apply evidence-based medicine to real-world clinical scenarios and the management of patients in everyday practice. It can also be used as a revision aid for trainees preparing for in-training assessments and exit exams. For established cardiologists and other allied healthcare professionals with an interest in cardiovascular medicine, this book will act as an easily accessible reference text and a benchmark guide to the clinical trials and developments in basic science and clinical cardiology, from which current patient management strategies have been derived.

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

1: Coronary Heart Disease
1. 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 Spertus
2. Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease, Dr Adie Viljoen and Dr Anthony Wierzbicki
3. Physiology of Myocardial Ischaemia, Dr Kalpa De Silva and Dr Divaka Perera
4. Thrombosis, Haemostasis and Platelet Biology, Dr Paul Gurbel, Dr Dean Kereiakes and Dr Udaya Tantry
5. Medical versus Invasive Management of Coronary Heart Disease, Dr William Moody and Professor Bernard Gersh
6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Dr Nalyaka Sambu and Professor Nicholas Curzen
7. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Dr Richard Varcoe and Dr Robert Henderson
2. Cardiac Electrophysiology and Heart Rhythm Disturbances
8. Epidemiology and Molecular Foundation, Dr Fu Siong Ng and Professor Nicholas Peters
9. Atrial Fibrillation, Dr Luke Tapp and Professor Gregory YH Lip
10. Percutaneous Intervention, Dr James Harrison, Dr Nick Linton, Dr Matthew Wright and Dr Mark O'Neill
11. Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Therapy, Dr Boon Lim and Dr Pier Lambiase
3. Heart Failure
12. Epidemiology, Dr Kaushik Guha and Professor Theresa McDonagh
13. Medical Management, Dr Jamal Khan, Dr Tania Pawade and Professor John Cleland
14. Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy, Dr Ricardo Petraco, Dr Larry Mulligan and Dr Francisco Leyva
15. Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy, Dr Julian Ormerod and Professor Michael Frenneaux
16. Cardiac Failure and Transplantation, Dr William Davies and Dr Jayan Parameshwar
4. Hypertension
17. Systemic Arterial Hypertension, Dr Kaleab Asrress and Professor Bryan Williams
18. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Dr Christopher Valerio and Dr Gerry Coghlan
5. Valvular Heart Disease
19. Epidemiology and Intervention, Dr Hasan Jilaihawi, Dr Natalia Briceno, Dr Joerg Seeburger and Professor Friedrich Mohr
20. Endocarditis, Dr James Harrison and Dr Bernard Prendergast
6. Cardiac Imaging
21. Echocardiography, Dr Christopher Steadman and Professor Mark Monaghan
22. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Dr Manish Motwani, Dr Roy Jogiya and Dr Sven Plein
23. Cardiac Computed Tomography, Dr Srikanth Iyengar and Professor Carl Roobottom i
7. Congential Heart Disease
24. Congenital Heart Disease, Dr Alexander Opotowsky, Dr Angela Yetman and Professor Gary Webb
8. Obstetric Cardiology
25. Obstetric Cardiology, Dr John Fryearson and Dr Dawn Adamson
9. Cardiac Rehabilitation
26. Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dr Randal Thomas, Dr Aung Myat, Dr Tushar Kotecha and Dr Ray Squires