Index
Angiography 25, 31, 33–8, 40, 45, 57, 70, 72, 78, 81, 172, 277
aortic root 299–300
contrast 165, 172–3
coronary 274, 297–301, 306
CT. See CTA
diagnostic 34–5, 37
digital subtraction 173
magnetic resonance 172, 182–3
radionuclide 39, 274, 299
Angioplasty 146, 188
balloon 159–60
percutaneous transluminal coronary 136, 143
Angiotensin receptor blocker. See ARB
Angiotensin-converting enzyme. See ACE
Ankle-brachial index. See ABI
Ankyrin 239
Annuloplasty 308
Anorexia 283
Antagonist 17, 246–7, 249
nondihydropyridine calcium channel 245–6, 250
Anthracycline 240, 291
Antiarrhythmics versus Implantable Defi brillators 273,
278
Antibiotics 241
B-lactam 321
prophylactic 332, 334
Antibody, anti-digitalis 290
Anticoagulation 25–6, 28, 34–8, 42, 45, 57, 62–3, 68, 75,
78–9, 86, 89, 110, 113–4, 137, 209, 232, 246–9, 252,
302, 304, 310–1
Antiplatelet 25, 34–7, 41, 45–7, 57, 63–4, 68, 78, 86, 89,
110, 208–9, 232
Antipsychotics 290
Anxiety 67, 85, 87
Aorta 293, 300–2, 344
Aortic
stenosis. See AS
valve replacement. See AVR
Apnea, sleep 193, 202
Apolipoprotein 192, 194
Aprotinin 140–1
ARB 64, 68, 114–5, 204, 206–12, 213, 218, 228–31,
233–5
Arrest, cardiac 50, 73, 275–92
Arrhythmia 17, 35, 46, 60–1, 66, 72–4, 80–1, 83, 150, 255–
6, 258–63, 266–7, 269, 274
CABG 134
cardiac 269
control 267
diagnoses 269
drug-induced electrophysiological 271
exercise-induced 256, 273–4, 30
genetic 286–7
life-threatening 274, 282–3, 288
mechanism 256
pathway-mediated 264
postoperative 140
risk 273
supraventricular 255–69
transient 270, 274, 283
VT, 149–50, 232 270–98
catecholaminergic polymorphic 287
Arsenic 240
trioxide 290
Arteriography 78, 83, 173, 225
Arteritis 345
Artery
brachial 201
circumfl ex 146–9
coronary 336, 342
iliac 168, 179–80
intracranial carotid 345
mesenteric 346
radial 145
renal 344
Arthritis, rheumatoid 241
ARVC 242, 284–5
ARVC/D 238–9
AS 294–8, 302
Aspirin (ASA) 26, 28–9, 33, 34–5, 38, 41, 42, 45, 50–1,
54–5, 63, 66, 68, 78, 80–1, 84–6, 89, 110–1, 113–4,
130, 140–1, 160, 175, 186, 216–7, 220, 247–9, 254,
305
Assessment
cardiac 291
carotid intima-media thickness 45
hemodynamic 69, 302, 304
individualized 105–6
LV function 297, 299–300
preoperative 161, 163
Asthma 33, 34, 55
Asystole 290
Ataxia, Friedreich’s 238, 241
Atenolol 227, 268
Atherectomy 129, 179
Atheroembolism 173, 182–3
Atherosclerosis 129, 165–8, 171, 175, 179, 181, 188, 194,
336–7, 339, 341–5
Atorvastatin 190
ATP III 187, 189–93
Atrial
fi brillation. See AF
tachycardia 257–8, 263–4
Atrioventricular blocking agents. See AV
Atrioventricular nodal reciprocating tachycardia.
See AVNRT