Cardiovascular Clinical Trials : Putting the Evidence into Practice (Paperback)

List of contributors, viii

Preface, x

List of abbreviations, xi

1 Introduction to randomized clinical trials in cardiovascular disease, 1
Tobias Geisler, Marcus D. Flather, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Ralph B. D’Agostino, Sr

2 Publishing results of clinical trials and reviewing papers for publication, 44
Tobias Geisler and Marcus D. Flather

3 Management of chronic coronary artery disease, 60
Sabu Thomas and William E. Boden

4 Acute coronary syndromes (ST elevation and non-ST elevation), 86
Tobias Geisler, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Marcus D. Flather

5 Heart failure, 117
Christopher M. O’Connor and Wendy Gattis Stough

6 Atrial fibrillation, 143
Chee W. Khoo and Gregory Y.H. Lip

7 Electrophysiology and pacing, 174
Irina Suman-Horduna and Sabine Ernst

8 Percutaneous coronary intervention, 205
Dharam J. Kumbhani and Deepak L. Bhatt

9 Randomized controlled trials in cardiac surgery: is there any alternative?, 243
Thanos Athanasiou, Amir Sepehripour, and John Pepper

10 Adult congenital heart disease, 274
Cary Ward, J. Kevin Harrison, and Thomas M. Bashore

11 Cardiac imaging, 296
Aiden Abidov and Daniel S. Berman

12 Prevention of cardiovascular disease, 345
Alice J. Owen and Christopher M. Reid

Index, 378