The AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook

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.

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.

Contributors viiPreface x1 Chronic Stable Angina 1Theodore D. Fraker, Stephan D. Fihn, and Raymond J.Gibbons2 Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction25Jeffrey L. Anderson and Nanette Kass Wenger3 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 46Elliott M. Antman4 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs91Mark A. Williams and Gary J. Balady5 Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and OtherAtherosclerotic Vascular Disease 108Sidney C. Smith, Jr.6 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 117Sidney C. Smith, Jr.7 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 134Cullen D. Morris, Kim Eagle, Robert A. O'Rourke, and Robert A.Guyton8 Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care forNoncardiac Surgery 152Lee A. Fleisher9 Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease 165Alan T. Hirsch and Ziv J. Haskal10 Cholesterol Management in the Context of Risk Factor Profile187Scott M. Grundy11 Hypertension 196Clive Rosendorff12 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women 214Kathy Berra and Nanette Kass Wenger13 Heart Failure 223Sharon A. Hunt and Mariell Jessup14 Cardiomyopathies 236Barry J. Maron15 Atrial Fibrillation 244Valentin Fuster and Lars Rydén16 Supraventricular Arrhythmias 255Carina Blomström-Lundqvist and Melvin Scheinman17 Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death 270A. John Camm and Douglas P. Zipes18 Valvular Heart Disease 293Robert O. Bonow19 Infective Endocarditis 312Larry M. Baddour, Kathryn A. Taubert, Michael H. Gewitz, andWalter R. Wilson20 Cardiac CT Imaging 336Matthew J. Budoff and Allen J. TaylorAppendix Update on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Current andFuture Trends 347Robert A. O'RourkeOther Statements Published in 2008 353Index 355COI Table 373