Cardiology, An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics
Author | : Daniel T. Thibodeau |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2017-09-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780323546836 |
ISBN-13 | : 0323546838 |
Rating | : 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest edited by Daniel Thibodeau MHP, PA-C, DFAAPA, is devoted to Cardiology. Articles in this issue include: Hypertension: Evaluation, Management and Keeping Patients in the Safe Zone; Cardiovascular Risk and Assessment: Impact of Comorbidities to the Cardiovascular System; Arrhythmia Detection and Management; Anticoagulation: The Successes and Pitfalls of Long-term Management; Dyslipidemia: Long-term Management and Other Uses of Statins for Cardiac Disease; Acute Coronary Syndrome: Care After a Patient Event and Strategies to Improve Adherence; Evaluation of Chest Pain in the Primary Care Setting; Ischemic Heart Disease; Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy; Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboembolism: Long-term Management and Chronic Oral Anticoagulation; Approaches to Valvular Disease in the Primary Care Setting; and Syncope: Initial Evaluation and Workup in the Primary Care Office.