Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Landmark Papers in Cardiovascular Medicine provides a thorough and wide-ranging analysis of core examples of novel research, clinical trials and seminal papers published in the medical literature that have paved the way for breakthroughs in the management of the entire spectrum of cardiovascular disease. These papers may have produced positive, negative or equivocal findings but are regarded by the experts as having either stimulated a paradigm shift in therapeutic strategy or been the catalyst for new and improved methods of research, diagnosis or drug development. Our aim is to provide both a benchmark and inspiration for future work in the field of cardiovascular medicine and also to give the reader an insight into the mechanics and infrastructure of how high-quality evidence-based medicine has been produced. Each trial summary is punctuated by sections on 'strengths and limitations', 'impact on the field', 'learning points' and 'further reading' suggestions that allow for a completely holistic analysis of the data. The experts also give their views on what research is currently underway, their hopes for the future and what advances they predict will occur in each subspecialty field of cardiovascular medicine, making this book essential reading for all those individuals with an interest in the field.

1 - Epidemiology, Outcomes and Quality of Care
2 - Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease
3 - Physiology of Myocardial Ischaemia
4 - Thrombosis, Haemostasis and Platelet Biology
5 - Medical versus Invasive Management of Coronary Heart Disease
6 - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
7 - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
8 - Epidemiology and Molecular Foundation
9 - Atrial Fibrillation
10 - Percutaneous Intervention
11 - Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Therapy
12 - Epidemiology
13 - Medical Management
14 - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
15 - Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
16 - Cardiac Failure and Transplantation
17 - Systemic Arterial Hypertension
18 - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
19 - Epidemiology and Intervention
20 - Endocarditis
21 - Echocardiography
22 - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
23 - Cardiac Computed Tomography
24 - Congenital Heart Disease
25 - Obstetric Cardiology
26 - Cardiac Rehabilitation

Dr Aung Myat is currently a BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow in Coronary Physiology working in The Rayne Institute at St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London. He is a Specialist Registrar in the West Midlands Deanery Cardiology Training Programme but has taken time out of formal training to undertake a postgraduate PhD degree. Prior to this he completed his general medical rotation in Nottingham, culminating in the attainment of his MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is heavily involved in medical education and research having published a number of articles, book chapters, and organized national symposia. He has also been co-opted as a Member of the Communication and Education Committee of the British Cardiovascular Society. Tony Gershlick is Consultant Cardiologist at Universtiy Hospitals of Leicester, and has a personal chair as Professor of Interventional Cardiology, University of Leicester. He received his BSc in Pharmacological Biochemistry at St Mary's Hospital and then went on train in London for MB BS, MRCP, and junior cardiology training at the London and London Chest Hospitals. He was appointed to the University Hospitals of Leicester in 1990 and awarded a personal Chair in Interventional cardiology 2008. Professor Gershlick is Chairman, R&D Committee for the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. He is also part of the BCIS Audit Group, and since 1995 he has been a Council Member with BCIS with special responsibilities for research. He has published > 130 peer review papers multiple book chapters and editorials. His major clinical interests are in chronic total occlusions and acute coronary syndromes.