CSI Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. The book Cardiological Society of India CARDIOLOGY Update 2014 covers wide range of topics from prevention to intervention and intervention to prevention for reducing rising menace of CVD. It covers all the latest technologies used for the detection, diagnosis and management of CVD along with their procedures, meta-analysis and clinical studies. The book is divided into 24 sections: clinical and preventive cardiology, coronary artery disease, heart and nutrition, cardiac investigation, acute myocardial infarction, coronary intervention, peripheral vascular intervention, heart failure, hypertension, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, dyslipidemia and cardiometabolism, diabetes and heart, pregnancy and heart, tropical cardiology, cardiopulmonary diseases, pacing and electrophysiology, cerebrovascular disorders, congenital heart disease, cardiac surgery, stem cell therapy, new cardiac imaging modalities, ECMO and miscellaneous. It is necessary for a clinician to quest for knowledge and update themselves with the recent advances in cardiology to help practice clinical cardiology meticulously to reduce CVD morbidity and mortality benefits.