Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199584311 ISBN 13: 9780199584314

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2011

The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiac Care is a key reference for training and accreditation in this specialty. It serves as a reference for experienced and trainee cardiologists and intensivists from all over Europe, establishing a common basis of knowledge in the field and a uniform and improved quality of care. The textbook is fully consistent with guidelines specified in the ESC Core Curriculum for Acute Cardiac Care.

The textbook comprises 76 chapters, each chapter written by an international opinion leader. The chapters are augmented with numerous high quality colour images.

The online version of The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiac Care contains the full text of the print edition (which can be browsed by the contents list, the index, or searched), links from references in the text to external sources (via PubMed, ISI, and CrossRef), and all figures and illustrations from the print edition, downloadable into PowerPoint. In addition, the online version also provides multiple-choice questions, accredited by the Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care, as well as over 25 additional high-quality videos of procedures and techniques, exclusive to the online edition.

About the Author:

Dr. Marco Tubaro is with the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Cardiovascular Department, San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome, Italy. Nicolas Danchin is with the Department of Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Cardiac Care at the Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou in Paris, France. Gerasimos
Filippatos is with the Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Hospital in Athens, Greece. Patrick Goldstein is with the Emergency Department at Lille University Hospital in Lille, France. Pascal Vranckx is Director of Cardiac ITU at Virga Jesseziekenhuis Hasselt in Belgium. Doron Zahger is
with the Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center and Associate Professor of Cardiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva in Israel.

Review:

"This book nicely covers both cardiac disease and organ systems affected in the patient with cardiovascular problems. Discussions and illustration of physiology are solid." -- Doody's

"The book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and clear review of the basic science,
pathophysiology, and evidence-based medicine that comprises the core of IACC. It is encyclopedic and well written, and its 181 authors represent a Who's Who of respected contributors throughout Europe and the world. The level of detail, the plethora of topics, the quality of the illustrations, the expertise of the authors, and the depth of the bibliographies are impressive. The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiac Care is an exceptional resource and invaluable review text. An excellent purchase for senior clinicians in cardiology and critical care and a must-have for cardiac intensivists in training, it also will be useful to scientists, clinical investigators, journal editors, and practicing clinicians." -- JAMA

"In summary, I found this textbook to be concise, yet comprehensive in its coverage of this important topic and believe it will be of considerable value to those who work in acute and
intensive cardiac care. In general, it is authoritative rather than scholarly. However, it seems like a worthy curriculum for accreditation in this field and should help achieve the goal of
making acute cardiac care uniform and of high quality across Europe." -- Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association