Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems

Thach Nguyen, MD, FACC FSCAI, Director of Cardiology, Community Health System, St Mary Medical Center, Hobart, USADayi Hu, MD FACC FHRS FESC, Director, Heart Center of People's Hospital of Peking University, President, Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physician (CCCP), President, Chinese Society of Cardiology (CSC), ChinaShao Liang Chen MD, Chief of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing ChinaMoo-Hyun Kim, MD, FACC, Associate Professor of medicine, Director, Cardiology Department, Dong A University, Busan, KoreaCindy Grines MD, Chief of Cardiology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit MI, USAAssociate EditorFaisal Latif, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, OKC OK.

• List of Contributors, viiForeword to the Third Edition, xviiPreface, xixAcknowledgements, xxi1 Hyperlipidemia, 1Vien T. Truong, Kim N. Huynh, Tam Ngo, Sara Shah, Hau Van Tran, Chisalu Nchekwube, Nabeel Ali and Faisal Latif2 Hypertension, 30Udho Thadani and Nguyen Duc Cong3 Stable Coronary Artery Disease, 50Mohammed Haris Umer Usman, Lê Hoàg Dúc Toàn, Lê Th.i Ngo. c Trâm, Huynh Th.i Thu Truc, An Huynh and Aman Amanullah4 Acute Coronary Syndrome, 86Udho Thadani, Quang Tuan Nguyen and Han Yaling5 ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 113Thach Nguyen, Xu Bo, Faisal Latif, Ho Thuong Dung, Duane Pinto, Pham Manh Hung, Michael Gibson and Runlin Gao6 Heart Failure (Stages A, B and C), 141Dan Le, Trong Ha Le, Vo˜ Minh Vîe. t, Bao V. Ho, Tuan D. Nguyen, Khalid Numan Al Azza, Hau Van Tran and Gianluca Rigatelli7 Acute Decompensated and Chronic Stage D Heart Failure, 169Patrick Campbell, Selim R. Krim, Thach Nguyen, Marvin Eng, Yidong Wei and Hau Van Tran and Hector Ventura8 Atrial Fibrillation, 198Mihail Gabriel Chelu, Ali Oto, Tuan D. Nguyen, Phan Dinh Phong, Tung Mai, Tom Bump and Rajasekhar Nekkanti9 Ventricular Tachycardia, 233Sorin Lazar, Bao V. Ho, Phillip Tran, Pham Nhu Hung, Thomas Bump and Evgeny Shlyakhto10 Syncope, 266Christopher M. Bianco, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Faisal Latif, Phan Nam Hung, Phillip Tran, Hy Tat An and Thach Nguyen11 Aortic Stenosis, 299Rajiv Goswami, Phillip Tran, Nguyen Lan Hieu, Aravinda Nanjundappa and Neal Kleiman12 Mitral Regurgitation, 329Deepak Joshi, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Marvin H. Eng, Madhur Roberts, Ngoc Quang Nguyen, Xian Kai Li and Michael Rinaldi13 Cardiovascular Problems in Elderly Patients, 364Daniel E. Forman and Nanette Wenger14 Cardiovascular Problems in Women, 379Kahroba Jahan, Ainol Shareha Sarar, Nisa Arshad, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, Amsa Arshad, Sajaj Agarwal, Thach Nguyen and Kwan LeeIndex, 406