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Elsevier Cardiovascular Disease An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice 1st Edition by Stephens, Mark
This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Mark B. Stephens, is devoted to Cardiovascular Disease. Articles in this issue include: State of the Heart: Overview of disease burden of cardiovascular disease from an epidemiologic perspective; Heavy Heart: Economic burden of heart disease with projections/implications for impact on the health care system; Prevention of Heart Disease; Coronary Artery Disease; Congestive Heart Failure; Valvular Heart Disease; Peripheral Vascular Disease; The Athlete's Heart and Sudden Death; Metabolic Syndrome: systems thinking in heart disease; Women and Heart Disease; Heart Disease in Children; and Cardiac Imaging. Cardiovascular Disease - Table of ContentsForeword: The Price of the Heart Preface: Be Still My Beating Heart: Cardiovascular Disease in the United States State of the Heart: An Overview of the Disease Burden of Cardiovascular Disease from an Epidemiologic PerspectiveHeavy Heart: The Economic Burden of Heart Disease in the United States Now and in the FuturePrevention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCoronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Management Heart Failure: Optimizing Recognition and Management in Outpatient Settings Valvular Heart Disease Preparticipation Screening of Young Athletes: Identifying Cardiovascular Disease Metabolic Syndrome: Systems Thinking in Heart DiseaseCardiovascular Disease in WomenHeart Disease in ChildrenCardiac Imaging Modalities and Appropriate Use