Books in the The Clinics: Internal Medicine series

This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics will review some of the hottest topics currently in Interventional Cariology. Curated by the series Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Matthew J. Price, this issue will cover topics and advances in the field that are relevant for practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by Dr. Price. The volume will include articles on: IV antiplatelet therapy during PCI; Pharmacodynamics during transition between P2Y12 therapies; Balloon valve fracture for TAVR valve-in-valve; Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale - Randomized Trial Update; Adjunct Pharmacotherapy after TAVR: Current Status and Future Directions; Transcatheter approaches to the treatment of mitral valve leaflet perforation;  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with the Lotus Valve; Conduction system abnormalities after TAVR, among other topics.

Presents the rheumatologist with the breakthroughs in the assessment and treatment of fibromyalgia. This title covers topics that include fibromyalgia and central sensitization disorders; neurobiology/pathophysiology of fibromyalgia; genetics and socioenvironmental influences; neuroimaging; dysautonomia; and, patient-reported outcome measures.

Catheter-based or invasive x-ray coronary angiography has undergone a profound change in large part because of the transition to a digital image format that allows computer processing, 3-D reconstructions, advanced graphics and analysis, and multimodality fusion.

Includes articles on GI Bleeding, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Bleeding diatheses, Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Hyperviscosity syndrome, Polycythemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Thrombocytosis, and more.

Focuses on neoplastic hematopathology. This book contains thirteen articles that cover a number of specific disease entities including the acute leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative diseases, multiple myeloma and the chronic lymphoid leukemias.

Discusses the subject of drug hypersensitvity. This title covers topics that include: approach to the patient with drug allergy; perioperative anaphylaxis; basophil activation test in drug allergy; in vitro tests; and, desensitizations.

Includes topics such as: The Obesity Epidemic, Altered Resting and Exercise Respiratory Physiology in Obesity, Association of Asthma and Other Obstructive Lung Diseases and Obesity, Role of Obesity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, The Pickwickian Syndrome - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, and Obesity and Thromboembolic Disease.

Covers genomics - genetic disorders and techniques; newborn screening; hormones in the premature infant; congenital disorders of the thyroid: hyper/hypo; glucose in the PIC setting; diabetes prevention; obesity: etiology, prevention, and treatment; and metabolic syndrome in pediatrics.

Presents topics of importance in Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) for laboratory medicine professionals. This work covers topics such as: POCT - An overview and look to the future; Fine needle aspiration biopsy - POCT in cytopathology; Drugs of abuse; POCT and disaster response; POCT regulatory affairs; Fecal occult blood testing; and, Molecular POCT.

Examines women and obesity. This title offers reviews on topics including: The Epidemiology of Obesity and Health Economics, Early Life Origins of Obesity, Regulation of Fat Metabolism in Obesity - Gender Differences, Physiological Aspects of Obesity, Pregnancy and Obesity, and Post-partum Weight Retention and Rise for Obesity.