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Cardio-Oncology Practice Manual: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

  • 1st Edition - January 11, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Joerg Herrmann
  • Language: English

Today’s patients have unique cardiologic needs before, during, and after cancer treatment. Chemotherapies, radiation therapy, and targeted therapies can produce acute side ef… Read more

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Today’s patients have unique cardiologic needs before, during, and after cancer treatment. Chemotherapies, radiation therapy, and targeted therapies can produce acute side effects or lasting adverse consequences on the heart and circulatory system, making the field of cardio-oncology increasingly important in effective patient care. Cardio-Oncology Practice Manual is a comprehensive, portable guide that provides practical approaches to assessment and management of cardiovascular diseases due to the effects of cardiotoxic agents and treatments. Part of the Braunwald family of renowned cardiology references, it clearly presents clinically relevant aspects of this growing field in one quick, practical reference for a wide range of cardio-oncology providers.

Key features

  • Covers all major cancer therapies, cardiovascular toxicities, and malignancies in a portable, authoritative guide
  • —ideal for cardiologists, cardio-oncologists, general practitioners, internists, medical oncologists, and hematologists.

  • Offers templated and streamlined content for quick retrieval, with key point summaries for each major section.
  • Presents cardiac disease entities and specific malignant diseases in a succinct overview format addressing important clinical care aspects.
  • Features "Central Illustrations" for each topic that visually summarize the chapter and its specific content including algorithms for management of cardiovascular toxicities and one-view overviews of malignancies.
  • Includes a comprehensive drug guide that provides quick reference to drugs prescribed for cancers with therapeutic indications, manifestations and mechanisms of cardiotoxicity, their risk factors, and risk reduction strategies.
  • Brings you up to date with new immune therapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR T-cell therapies
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase.
  • Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Readership

Cardiologists, cardio-oncologists (practicing and fellows); medical oncologists (practicing and fellows); hematologists (practicing and fellows)

Table of contents

1 The Cardio-Oncology Clinic: Goals, Scope, and Focus of Practice

2 Key Points of Cardio-Oncology Evaluation Before Cancer Therapy

3 Cardiovascular Risks of Chemotherapy

4 Radiation Therapy Cardiovascular Risks

5 Bone Marrow Transplantation Risk

6 Surgical Risks

7 Prevention of Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Cancer

8 Vascular Disease Prevention: Before Cancer Therapy

9 Thromboembolic Disease Prevention: Before Cancer Therapy

10 Arrhythmia Prevention and Device Management: Before Cancer Therapy

11 Hypertension and Renal Disease Prevention: Before Cancer Therapy

12 Prevention and Management of Pulmonary Conditions in Cancer Patients Before Therapy

13 Cardiopulmonary Exercise for Prevention: Before Cancer Therapy

14 Key Points of Cardio-Oncology Evaluation During Cancer Therapy

15 Diagnosis and Management of Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure During Cancer Treatment

16 Structural Heart Disease Mangement During Cancer Treatment

17 Vascular Disease During Cancer Therapy

18 Thromboembolic Disease During Cancer Therapy

19 Arrhythmia and Device Assessment During Cancer Treatments

20 Hypertension and Renal Disease During Anti-Cancer Therapies

21 Pulmonary Disease During Cancer Therapy

22 Cardiovascular Testing In The Cancer Patient

23 Key Points of Cardio-Oncology Evaluation After Cancer Therapy

24 Cancer Survivorship and Comorbidity Disease Risk After Cancer Treatment

25 Long-Term Complications of Chemotherapy

26 Long-Term Complications of Radiation Therapy

27 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

27 Prevention and Management of Heart Disease in Cancer Survivors

28 Structural Heart Disease Prevention and Management in Cancer Survivors

29 Vascular Disease Prevention and Management After Cancer Therapy

30 Prevention of VTE After Initial Presentation and Cancer Treatment

31 Arrhythmia Prevention and Management in Cancer Survivors

32 Hypertension and Renal Failure Prevention and Management After Cancer Therapy

33 Monitoring for and Management of Delayed Complications After Cancer Therapy

34 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Cancer Patients and Survivors

35 Breast Cancer

36 Gynecologic Malignancies

37 Prostate and Testicular Cancer

38 Renal and Urinary Bladder Cancer

39 Lung Cancer

40 Colorectal Cancer

41 Esophageal and Gastric Cancer

42 Hepatobiliary Carcinomas

43 Pancreatic Cancer

44 Cutaneous Melanoma

45 Head-and-Neck Cancers

46 Thyroid cancer

47 Glioblastoma

48 Introduction to the Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

49 Acute and Chronic Leukemias

50 Lymphomas

51 Multiple Myeloma and Cardiac Amyloidosis

52 Carcinoid Tumors and Carcinoid Heart Disease

53 Neoplasms and The Heart

54 Cancer Therapeutic Drug Guide

Review quotes

"Overall, the book provides a succinct blueprint for the field of cardio-oncology. It informs its readers of the ideology necessary to provide quality clinical care in this specific area of medicine and shapes the direction that the field of cardio-oncology will likely take as its importance continues to increase over the coming years."

©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Joseph T Hale, MD MPH Candidate (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 11, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

JH

Joerg Herrmann

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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