The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care

Introduction 1: Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction Susanna Price, Marco Tubaro, Pascal Vranckx, and Christiaan Vrints 2: Training and certification in acute cardiac care Magda Heras, Alessandro Sionis, and Susanna Price 3: Patient safety and clinical governance Elizabeth Haxby and Susanna Walker 4: Databases, registries and quality of care Nicolas Danchin, Fiona Ecarnot, and François Schiele The pre-hospital phase and the emergency department 5: Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology and prevention Hans-Richard Arntz 6: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the post-cardiac arrest syndrome Jerry P Nolan 7: The emergency medical system Marc Sabbe, Koen Bronselaer, and Olivier Hoogmartens 8: Chest pain and chest pain units Eric Durand, Aures Chaib, and Nicolas Danchin 9: Acute dyspnoea in the emergency department Christian Mueller The intensive cardiac care unit 10: Recommendations for the structure, organization and operation of the intensive cardiac care units Menachem Nahir, Doron Zahger, and Yonanthan Hasin 11: The intensive cardiac care unit team Tom Quinn and Eva Swahn 12: The heart team in acute cardiac care Arie Pieter Kappetein and Stephan Windecker 13: Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective Jean-Louis Vincent Monitoring and investigations in the intensive cardiac care unit 14: Pathophysiology and clinical assessment of the cardiovascular system (including pulmonary artery catheter) Romain Barthélémy, Etienne Gayat, and Alexandre Mebazaa 15: The respiratory system Antoine Vieillard-Baron 16: Neurological conditions of the acute care patient Cathy S De Deyne and Jo Dens 17: Monitoring of the kidney, liver and other vital organs Karl Werdan, Brijesh Patel, Matthias Girndt, Hennin g Ebelt, Jochen Schröder, and Sebastian Nuding 18: Blood gas analysis: acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders Richard Paul, Pavlos Myrianthefs, George Baltopoulos, and Shaun McMaster 19: Clinical assessment and monitoring of chest radiographs Alexander Parkhomenko, Olga S Gurjeva, and Tetyana Yalynska 20: Echocardiography and thoracic ultrasound Frank A Flachskampf, Pavlos Myrianthefs, and Ruxanda Beyer 21: Ultrasound-guided vascular access in intensive/acute cardiac care Richard Paul 22: Computed tomography angiography and other applications of computed tomography Michiel A de Graaf, Arthur JHA Scholte, Lucia Kroft, and Jeroen J Bax 23: Cardiac magnetic resonance in the intensive cardiac unit Juerg Schwitter and Jens Bremerich Procedures in intensive cardiac care unit 24: Mechanical ventilation Gihan Abuella and Andrew Rhodes 25: Non-invasive ventilation Josep Masip, Kenneth Planas, and Arantxa Mas 26: Temporary pacing Bulent Gorenek 27: Pericardiocentesis Gerard Martí Aguasca, Bruno Garcia del Blanco, and Jaume Sagristà Sauleda 28: Chest tubes Arthur Atchabahian, Christian Laplace, and Karim Tazaroute 29: Renal support therapy Claudio Ronco and Zaccaria Ricci 30: Portable (short-term) mechanical circulatory support Susanna Price and Zaccaria Ricci 31: Implanted cardiac support devices Andrew C Morley-Smith, André R Simon, and John R Pepper 32: Nutrition support in acute cardiac care Michael P Casaer and Greet Van den Berghe 33: Physiotherapy in critically ill patients Rik Gosselink and Jean Roeseler 34: Donor organ management Arne P Neyrinck, Patrick Ferdinande, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Marc Van de Velde The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiac care 35: The use of biomarkers in acute cardiovascular disease Allan S Jaffe 36: Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes Evangelos Giannitsis and Hugo A Katus 37: Biomarkers in acute heart failure Rajiv Choudhary, Kevin Shah, and Alan Maisel 38: Biomarkers of coagulation and thrombosis Anne-Mette Hvas, Erik L Grove, and Steen Dalby Kristensen 39: Biomarkers of renal and hepatic failure Mario Plebani, Monica Maria Mion, and Martina Zaninotto Acute coronary syndromes 40: Atherosclerosis and thrombosis I ina Badimon and Gemma Vilahur 41: The universal definition of myocardial infarction Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S Alpert, Allan S Jaffe, and Harvey D White 42: Systems of care for patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI networks) Kurt Huber and Tom Quinn 43: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Adrian Cheong, Gabriel Steg, and Stefan K James 44: Fibrinolytic antithrombotic and antiplatelet drugs in acute coronary syndromes Peter Sinnaeve and Frans Van de Werf 45: Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction José López-Sendón and Esteban López de Sá 46: Non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes Héctor Bueno and José A Barrabés 47: Percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute coronary syndromes Viktor Kocka, Steen Dalby Kristensen, William Wijns, Petr Tousek, and Petr Widimskÿ 48: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery Piroze M Davierwala and Friedrich W Mohr 49: Cardiogenic shock in patients with acute coronary syndromes Holger Thiele and Uwe Zeymer 50: Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes Eva Swahn, Joakim Alfredsson, and Sofia Sederholm Lawesson Acute heart failure 51: Acute heart failure: epidemiology, classification and pathophysiology Dimitrios Farmakis, John Parissis, and Gerasimos Filippatos 52: Acute heart failure: early pharmacological therapy Jonathan R Dalzell, Colette E Jackson, John JV McMurray, and Roy Gardner 53: Non-pharmacologic therapy of acute heart failure: when drugs alone are not enough Pascal Vranckx, Wilfried Mullens, and Johan Vijgen 54: Acute heart failure: heart failure surgery and transplantation Aikaterini N Visouli and Antonis A Pitsis Arrhythmias 55: Conduction disturbances and pacemaker Carlo Lavalle, Renato Pietro Ricci, and Massimo Santini 56: Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias Demosthenes Katritsis and A John Camm 57: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Joachim R Ehrlich and Stefan H Hohnloser Other acute cardiovascular conditions 58: Myocarditis and pericarditis Michel Noutsias and Bernhard Maisch 59: Acute valve disease and endocarditis Gregory Ducrocq, Franck Thuny, Bernard Iung, and Alec Vahanian 60: Congenital heart disease in adults Susanna Price, Brian F Keogh, and Lorna Swan 61: Aortic emergencies Parla Astarci, Laurent de Kerchove, and Gébrine el Khoury 62: Cardiac complications in trauma Demetrios Demetriades, Leslie Kobayashi, and Lydia Lam 63: Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy Patrizia Presbitero, Dennis Zavalloni, and Benedetta Agnoli Concomitant acute conditions 64: Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome Luciano Gattinoni and Eleonora Carlesso 65: Pulmonary hypertension Nazzareno Galiè, Alessandra Manes, and Massimiliano Palazzini 66: Pulmonary embolism Adam Torbicki, Marcin Kurzyna, and Stavros Konstantinides 67: Stroke Didier Leys, Charlotte Cordonnier, and Valeria Caso 68: Acute kidney injury Sofie A Gevaert, Eric Hoste, and John A Kellum 69: Hyperglycaemia, diabetes and other endocrine emergencies Yves Debaveye, Dieter Mesotten, and Greet Van den Berghe 70: Bleeding and haemostatic disorders Pier Mannuccio Mannucci 71: Anaemia and transfusion Jean-Pierre Bassand, François Schiele, and Nicolas Meneveau 72: Infection, sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome Julian Arias Ortiz, Raphaël Favory, and Jean-Louis Vincent 73: Acute pain in the intensive cardiac care unit Siân Jaggar and Helen Laycock 74: Acute cognitive disorders: recognition and management of delirium in the cardiovascular intensive care unit Jennifer Giuseffi, John McPherson, Chad Wagner, and E Wesley Ely 75: Special conditions in the immunosuppressed patient Anne-Sophie Moreau, Raphaël Favory, and Alain Durocher 76: Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient Martin Balik 77: Perioperative management of the high risk surgical patient: cardiac surgery Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio, and Andrea Ballotta 78: Palliative care in the intensive cardiac care unit Jayne Wood and Maureen Carruthers