Cardiovascular Disease, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Description

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Mark B. Stephens, is devoted to Cardiovascular Disease. Articles in this issue include: State of the Heart: Overview of disease burden of cardiovascular disease from an epidemiologic perspective; Heavy Heart: Economic burden of heart disease with projections/implications for impact on the health care system; Prevention of Heart Disease; Coronary Artery Disease; Congestive Heart Failure; Valvular Heart Disease; Peripheral Vascular Disease; The Athlete’s Heart and Sudden Death; Metabolic Syndrome: systems thinking in heart disease; Women and Heart Disease; Heart Disease in Children; and Cardiac Imaging.

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Table of Contents

Cardiovascular Disease – Table of Contents

Foreword: The Price of the Heart

Preface: Be Still My Beating Heart: Cardiovascular Disease in the United States

State of the Heart: An Overview of the Disease Burden of Cardiovascular Disease from an Epidemiologic Perspective

Heavy Heart: The Economic Burden of Heart Disease in the United States Now and in the Future

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Management

Heart Failure: Optimizing Recognition and Management in Outpatient Settings

Valvular Heart Disease

Preparticipation Screening of Young Athletes: Identifying Cardiovascular Disease

Metabolic Syndrome: Systems Thinking in Heart Disease

Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Heart Disease in Children

Cardiac Imaging Modalities and Appropriate Use

Author Information

By Mark B. Stephens, MD, CAPT, MC, USN, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine