Evidence-Based Cardiology

Evidence based Cardiology was first published in 1998 to universal acclaim. It was praised as a unique cardiology text providing graded evidence-based reviews of the major trials together with recommendations for optimum management. Edited and written by the world's leading cardiologists with an understanding of evidence-based medicine, it represented a breakthrough in clinical medical publishing, not only for cardiology.

With the move towards more patient focused health care and at the same time increased emphasis on health economics, evidence-based practice is a more important force in health care delivery than ever.

New features for the third edition

New chapters on:

• • Implementing evidence based cardiology
• • Cardiovascular disease and occupational health issues
• • Psychological factors
• • Social influences on the prevention of coronary heart disease
• • Molecular genetics of cardiovascular disorders
• • Integrated approach to prevention of cardiovascular disease including the global burden of disease; air pollution
• • Percutaneous intervention
• • Surgical coronary artery revascularization Comparisons of PCI and CABG
• • Unstable angina and non-ST-segment MI
• • Early management of ST-segment-elevation MI
• • Reperfusion therapies for STEMI
• • Reperfusion adjunctive therapies
• • Complications of STEMI
• • An integrated approach to the management of patients after the early phase of STEMI
• • Approaches to the repair/replacement of ischemic/infarcted myocardium
• • Atrial fibrillation: rate versus rhythm
• • Atrial fibrillation: Upstream therapies
• • Atrial fibrillation: ablation therapy
• • Biventricular pacing
• • New and old antiarrhythmic drugs
• • Arrhythmias due to monogenic disorders
• • New grading and recommendation methodology
• • Clinical cases redesigned and linked to the relevant chapters