1: Eric Bonnefoy, Susanna Price, Marco Tubaro, Pascal Vranckx and Christiaan Vrints: Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction
Section I - Intensive and acute cardiovascular care
2: Eric Bonnefoy and Susanna Price: Training and certification in Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care
3: Eric Bonnefoy and Tom Quinn: Intensive Cardiovascular Care Units: structure, organization and staffing
4: Sergio Leonardi, Thomas Modine, and Stephan Windecker: The heart team
5: Tom Quinn and Matthew Parkin: Patient safety and clinical governance
6: Jean-Louis Vincent and Jacques Creteur: Ethical issues in Intensive and Acute Cardiovascular Care
7: Fiona Ecarnot, and Francois Schiele: Quality of care
Section II -The pre-hospital phase and the emergency department
8: Olivier Hoogmartens, Michiel Stiers, Koen Bronselaer and Marc Sabbe: Emergency medical systems and networks
9: Jerry P Nolan and Christian Hassager: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
10: Christiaan Vrints, Janina Stepinska, and Marc J Claeys: Chest pain and the Chest Pain Units
11: Eleni Michou, Nikola Kozhuharov, Jasmin Martin, Christian Mueller: Acute dyspnoea in ED
Section III - Monitoring and investigations in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
12: Alessandro Sionis, Etienne Gayat and Alexandre Mebazaa: Assessment of the cardiovascular system (including PAC)
13: Antoine Vieillard-Baron: Assessment of the respiratory function
14: Mathieu van der Jagt, Jeroen Bunge, and Fabio Silvio Taccone: Neurological assessment of the acute cardiac care patient
15: Karl Werdan, Brijesh Patel, Matthias Girndt, Henning Ebelt, Jochen Schroeder, and Sebastian Nuding: Monitoring of the kidney, liver and other vital organs
16: Richard Paul: Blood gas analysis: acid-base, fluid and electrolyte disorders
17: Alexander Parkhomenko, Olga S Gurjeva, and Tetyana Yalynska: Interpretation and clinical use of chest radiographs
18: R. Beyer, F. Flachskampf, and Pavlos Myriantheys: Echocardiography (including thoracic ultrasound)
19: Jeff M Smit, Mohammed El Mahdiui, Michiel A de Graaf, Arthur JHA Scholte, Lucia Kroft, and Jeroen J Bax: Computed tomography: coronary angiography and cardiac imaging
20: Juerg Schwitter and Jens Bremerich: Cardiac magnetic resonance in intensive and acute cardiovascular care
Section IV - Procedures in Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
21: Josep Masip, Kenneth Planas, and Arantxa Mas: Non-invasive ventilation
22: Luigi Camporota and Francesco Vasques: Mechanical ventilation
23: Bulent Gorenek: Temporary pacing
24: Richard Paul and Farah Shariff: Ultrasound-guided vascular access
25: Caterina Decarlini and Stefano Maggiolini: Pericardiocentesis
26: Erino A. Rendina, Camilla Vanni, and Giulio Maurizi: Chest tubes
27: Claudio Ronco, Stefano Romagnoli and Zaccaria Ricci: Renal support therapy
28: Holger Thiele and Pascal Vranckx: Short term mechanical circulatory support
29: Michael P Casaer and Greet Van den Berghe: Nutrition support
30: Rik Gosselink and Jean Roeseler: Physiotherapy in critically ill patients
Section V - The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiovascular care
31: Allan S Jaffe: The use of biomarkers for acute cardiovascular diseases
32: Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger, Raphael Twerenbold, and Christian Mueller: Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes
33: Rajiv Choudhary, Nicholas Wettersten, Kevin Shah, and Alan Maisel: Biomarkers in acute heart failure
34: Anne-Mette Hvas, Erik L Grove, and Steen Dalby Kristensen: Biomarkers of coagulation and thrombosis
35: Mario Plebani, Monica Maria Mion, and Martina Zaninotto: Biomarkers of renal and hepatic failure
Section VI - Acute coronary syndromes
36: Lina Badimon and Gemma Vilahur: Atherosclerosis and thrombosis
37: Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S. Alpert, Allan S. Jaffe, and Harvey D. White: The universal definition of myocardial infarction
38: Borja Ibanez and Stefan James: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
39: Sigrun Halvorsen, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Marco Valgimigli, and Kurt Huber: Fibrinolytic, antithrombotic, and antiplatelets drugs in acute coronary syndromes
40: Elena Puerto and Hector Bueno: Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction
41: Hector Bueno and Jose A Barrabes: Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
42: Marco Valgimigli and Andreas Mitsis: Percutaneous coronary interventions in acute coronary syndromes
43: Piroze M Davierwala and Michael A. Borger: Coronary artery bypass grafting
44: Eva Swahn, Joakim Alfredsson, and Sofia Sederholm Lawesson: Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes
Section VII - Acute heart failure (including cardiogenic shock)
45: Dimitrios Farmakis and Gerasimos Filippatos: Epidemiology, classification, and pathophysiology
46: Kieran F. Docherty, Jonathan R. Dalzell, Mark C. Petrie, and John J.V. McMurray: Pharmacological therapy in the acute phase
47: Holger Thiele and Suzanne de Waha-Thiele: Low cardiac output states and cardiogenic shock
48: Jeroen Dauw , Wilfried Mullens , Johan Vijgen, and Pascal Vranckx: Non pharmacological therapy: when drugs are not enough
49: Volkmar Falk, Felix Schoenrath, and Jan Kuegler: Heart surgery and transplantation
50: Andrew C Morley-Smith, Andre R Simon, and John Pepper: Implanted cardiac support devices
51: Arne P Neyrinck, Patrick Ferdinande, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Marc Van de Velde: Donor organ management
52: Jayne Wood: Palliative care in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
Section VIII - Arrhythmias
53: Demosthenes G. Katritsis and A John Camm: Atrial fibrillation and supraventricular arrhythmias
54: Paolo Della Bella, Dagmara Dilling, and Francesca Baratto: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias
55: Haran Burri and Neasa Starr: Pacemaker and ICDs: troubleshooting
Section IX - Specific acute cardiovascular conditions
56: Massimo Imazio and Stephane Heymans: Myocarditis and pericarditis
57: Gregory Ducrocq, Franck Thuny, Bernard Iung, and Alec Vahanian: Acute valve disease and endocarditis
58: Susanna Price, Brian F Keogh, and Lorna Swan: Acute complications of congenital heart disease in adults
59: Marc Schepens and Eric Graulus: Aortic emergencies
60: Lydia Lam, Leslie Kobayashi, and Demetrios Demetriades: Cardiac complications in trauma
61: Mark Johnson and Jolien Roos-Hesselink: Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy
62: Massimiliano Palazzini, Nazzareno Galie and Alessandra Manes: Management of pulmonary hypertension in the ICCU
63: Stavros Konstantinides, Marcin Kurzyna, and Adam Torbicki: Acute pulmonary embolism
Section X - Concomitant acute conditions
64: Luciano Gattinoni, Mattia Busana and Eleonora Carlesso: Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome
65: Didier Leys, Solene Moulin, and Valeria Caso: Acute stroke
66: Sofie A Gevaert, Eric Hoste, and John A Kellum: Acute kidney injury
67: Jan Gunst, Yves Debaveye, and Greet Van den Berghe: Hyperglycaemia, diabetes, and other endocrine emergencies
68: Pier Mannuccio Mannucci and Maddalena Lettino: Bleeding and haemostasis disorders
69: Pascal Vranckx, Philippe Vanderkerckhove, Roxana Mehran, and Davide Cao: Anaemia and transfusion
70: Jean-Louis Vincent: Infections, sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome
71: Sian Jaggar and Helen Laycock: Pain in the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
72: John McEvoy, Stephen Keane, and Kevin Clarkson: Acute cognitive disorders and delirium in Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit
73: Anne-Sophie Moreau, Raphael Favory: Special considerations in the immunosuppresed patient
74: Martin Balik: Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk non-cardiac patient
75: Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio, and Andrea Ballotta: Perioperative cardiac care of the high-risk cardio-surgical patient
