The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care

1:Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction, Marco Tubaro and Pascal Vranckx
Section 1- Intensive and acute cardiovascular care
2:Training and certification in intensive and acute cardiovascular care, Agnieszka Tycinska, Eric Bonnefoy and Susanna Price
3:Intensive Cardiovascular Care Units (ICCUs) structure, organization and staffing, Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz
4:The heart team, Francesco Tartaglia, Alessandro Barbone, Lucia Torracca, and Giulio Stefanini
5:Patient safety and clinical governance, Alessandra Buja, Andrea Miatton, and Vladimiro Vida
6:Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care, Patrick Thoral and Armand Girbes
7:Quality of care assessment in acute cardiac care, Sergio Leonardi, Fiona Ecarnot, and François Schiele
Section 2 - The pre-hospital phase and the emergency department
8:The emergency medical system, Fernando Rosell-Ortiz, Jose Ignacio Ruiz Azpiazu, and Francesc Xavier Jimenez Fabrega
9:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Jesper Kjaergaard, Jerry P Nolan and Christian Hassager
10:Chest pain in the Emergency Department, Frank Breuckmann, Stephan Settelmeier and Thomas Münzel
11:Acute dyspnoea in the Emergency Department, Theodoros Kalpakos, Tom Carmeliet, and Frederik H. Verbrugge
Section 3 - Monitoring and investigations in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit
12:Pathophysiology and clinical assessment of the cardiovascular system, Santiago Montero, Konstantin Krychtiuk, Alessandro Sionis
13:The respiratory system, Alessandro Santini and Maurizio Cecconi
14:Neurological assessment of the acute cardiac care patient, Michele Salvagno and Fabio Silvio Taccone
15:Early warning systems in acute cardiac care, Ahsan Butt and Jacob C. Jentzer
16:Blood gas analysis: acid-base, fluid and electrolyte disorders, Lorenzo Giosa and Richard Paul
17:Interpretation and clinical use of chest radiographs, Alexander Parkhomenko, Olga S Gurjeva, and Tetyana Yalynska
18a:Echocardiography, Frank A Flachskampf and Ruxandra Beyer
18b:Thoracic ultrasound, Pavlos Myrianthefs
18c:Ultrasound evaluation of multi organ perfusion and congestion, Guido Tavazzi, Carlos Leon Alviar, and Francesco Corradi
18d:Echocardiography in patients with temporary mechanical circulatory support, Patrick F. Wouters and Stefaan Bouchez
19:Computed tomography: coronary angiography and cardiac imaging, Jeff M Smit, Mohammed El Mahdiui, Michiel A de Graaf, Arthur JHA Scholte, Lucia Kroft, and Jeroen J Bax
20:Cardiac magnetic resonance in intensive and acute cardiovascular care, Isabella Leo, Stefano Figliozzi, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci
Section 4 - Procedures in Intensive Cardiac Care Unit
21:Emergency airway management, Marvin G Chang, Juan G Ripoll, and Edward A Bittner
22:Non-invasive ventilation, Josep Masip, Arantxa Mas, and Núria Rodríguez
23:Mechanical ventilation, Carlos L. Alviar, Guido Tavazzi, and Jason N. Katz
24:Temporary pacing, Bülent Görenek, Erdi Babayi?it, and Gurbet Özge Mert
25:Ultrasound-guided vascular access, Sapna Hajela and Richard Paul
26:Pericardiocentesis, Caterina C. De Carlini and Stefano Maggiolini
27:Chest tubes, Camilla Vanni, Erino Angelo Rendina and Giulio Maurizi
28:Renal support therapy, Amir Kazory and Claudio Ronco
29:Short term mechanical circulatory support, Holger Thiele and Pascal Vranckx
30:Nutrition support, Michael P Casaer and Greet Van den Berghe
31:Physiotherapy in critically ill patients, Rik Gosselink, Daniel Langer and Cheryl Hickmann
Section 5 - The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiovascular care
32:The use of biomarkers for acute cardiovascular diseases, Allan S Jaffe
33:Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes, Christian Mueller
34:Biomarkers in acute heart failure, Kristian Berge, Torbjorn Omland, and Peder Langeland Myhre
35:Assessment of coagulation and thrombosis, Christophe Vandenbriele, Dominick J. Angelillo, Young-Hoon Jeong, Vincenzo Toschi, and Diana A. Gorog
36a:Biomarkers of hepatic failure, Tasneem Pirani and Sameer Patel
36b:Biomarkers of renal failure, Adam Reynolds, James C Watchorn, Naomi Boyer and Lui G Forni
37:Atherosclerosis and thrombosis, Lina Badimon, Guiomar Mendieta and Gemma Vilahur
38:Coronary physiology and pathophysiology, Rocco A. Montone, Riccardo Rinaldi, and Filippo Crea
39:The universal definition of myocardial infarction, Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S. Alpert, Allan S. Jaffe, and Harvey D. White
40:ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, JJ Coughlan, Borja Ibanez, Stefan James and Robert Byrne
41:Fibrinolytic, antithrombotic, and antiplatelets drugs in acute coronary syndromes, Sigrun Halvorsen and Christophe Vandenbriele
42:Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction, Elena Puerto and Héctor Bueno
43:Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, Héctor Bueno, Lourdes Vicent and José A Barrabés
44:ANOCA/INOCA/MINOCA, Rocco Antonio Montone, Giulia Botti, and Alaide Chieffo
45:Percutaneous coronary interventions in acute coronary syndromes, Andrea Milzi, Antonio Landi, and Marco Valgimigli
46:Coronary artery bypass grafting, Piero Farina, Sigrid Sandner, and Mario Gaudino
47:Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes, Francesco M. Di Muro, Birgit Vogel, and Roxana Mehran
Section 7 - Acute heart failure (including cardiogenic shock)
48:Acute heart failure: epidemiology,pathophysiology and classification, Dimitrios Farmakis, Konstantinos Karampinos and Gerasimos Filippatos
49:Acute heart failure: pharmacological therapy and the management of congestion, Ross T Campbell, Kieran F Docherty, and John JV McMurray
50:Low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock, Holger Thiele
51:Non pharmacological therapy: when drugs are not enough, Evelyne Meekers, Jeroen Dauw, Sebastiaan Dhont, Pascal Vranckx, and Wilfried Mullens
52:Heart surgery and transplantation, Felix Schoenrath, Sascha Ott, and Volkmar Falk
53:Implanted cardiac support devices, Mark A Peterzan, Andrew C Morley-Smith, André R Simon, and John Pepper
54:Donor organ management, Dieter Van Beersel, Jan Gunst, and Arne Neyrinck
55:Palliative care in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Gilli Erez, Armita Jamali, and Jayne Wood
56:The ECG of arrhythmias, Leonardo Calo, Alessandro Politano, Oreste Lanza, Cinzia Crescenzi, and Germana Panattoni
57:Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias, Andreas Goette and A John Camm
58:Ventricular tachyarrhythmias, Filippo Maria Cauti, Caterina Bisceglia, and Paolo Della Bella
59:Pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting, Valérian Valiton and Haran Burri
Section 9 - Specific acute cardiovascular conditions
60:Myocarditis and pericarditis, Massimo Imazio and Stephane Heymans
61:Takotsubo syndrome, Rodolfo Citro, Michele Bellino, Mario Cristiano, and Angelo Silverio
62:Acute valve disease and endocarditis, Clemence Delhomme, Gregory Ducrocq, Marina Urena, and Bernard Iung
63:Acute complications of congenital heart disease in adults, Laurence Campens, Julie De Backer, and Alexander Van De Bruaene
64:Aortic emergencies, Mauro Iafrancesco, Francesco Ferraro, and Jorge Mascaro
65:Cardiac complications in trauma, Lydia Lam, Leslie Kobayashi, and Demetrios Demetriades
66:Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy, Gurleen Wander, Mark R Johnson and Jolien Roos-Hesselink
67:Pulmonary hypertension, Ashley Park, Maddalena Ardissino, and Christopher F. Barnett
68:Pulmonary embolism, Cecilia Becattini and Maria Ludovica Cimini
Section 10 - Concomitant acute conditions
69:Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome, Luciano Gattinoni, Mattia Busana, and Eleonora Carlesso
70:Stroke, Philipp Bücke and David Seiffge
71:Acute kidney injury, Hannah Schaubroeck, Wim Vandenberghe, and Eric Hoste
72:Stress hyperglicaemia and endocrin emergencies, Yves Debaveye, Jan Gunst, and Greet Van den Berghe
73:Bleeding and haemostasis disorders, Mattia Galli and Dominick J. Angiolillo
74:Anaemia and transfusion, Mauro Gitto, Angelo Oliva and Roxana Mehran
75:Infections, sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, Tobias Zimmermann and Mervyn Singer
76:Pain in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Laurens Peene, Koen Ameloot and Jan Van Zundert
77:Delirium in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Jennifer Neva, Christopher Hughes, and Christina Boncyk
78:The patient with cancer in ICCU, Berlinde Von Kemp, Maria Bergami, and Sofie Gevaert
79:Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient, Martin Balik
80:Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk cardio-surgical patient, Fabio Guarracino and Giulia Brizzi
81:Genetics in cardiovascular diseases, Alessandro Trancuccio, Deni Kukavica, Alessandra Maria Ardissino, Diego Ardissino, and Silvia G. Priori
82:Artificial intelligence in intensive and acute cardiovascular care, Robert M.A. van der Boon and Nico Bruining