Interdisciplinary Rheumatology. Rheumatology and Cardiology

A key problem in medicine is that certain diseases may involve organ systems that cross the boundaries of individual specialties. For instance, a patient with scleroderma can develop myocarditis, or one with vasculitis can manifest with aortitis, which in turn can affect the function of the aortic valve. This book represents a dialogue between specialties, helping clinicians understand the implications of disease both within their own specialty and in the overlapping specialty of the case. Here leading experts from the fields of rheumatology and cardiology provide a masterclass in the care of patients with systemic illnesses that involve the immune system and the cardiovascular system.

Key Features:

• Provides a clinical approach to the patient with gastrointestinal manifestations of rheumatic disease.
• Details cutting-edge research with inputs from the world’s leading experts.
• Discusses possible future directions for research and advancement.

CONTENTS

1.     Approach to the Patient with Cardiac Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease

Talha Khawar and In Hae Baek

2.     Fundamental Principles of Cardiac Imaging and Other Diagnostic Testing in Patients with Rheumatic Disease

Gizem Bilgili and Janet Wei

3.     Rheumatoid Arthritis

Diana Yang and Marven Cabling

4.     Spondyloarthritides

Heather Gillespie                  

5.     Crystalline arthritis

Christopher Hino, Dana Song, and Sophia Li

6.     Osteoarthritis

Karina D Torralba and Alpha Gonzalez

7.     Systemic lupus erythematosus and Antiphospholipid syndrome

Karina D Torralba, Noelle A Rolle, and Vaneet K Sandhu

8.     Sjogren’s disease

Nasam Alfraji and Loomee Doo

9.     Scleroderma

Noelle A. Rolle, Muhammad U. Javaid, and Ryan Massay

10.  Myositis

Christina Downey and Kathleena D’Anna

11.  Vasculitis

Brian D Jaros, Artem Minalyan, and Anisha B Dua

12.  Preventive cardiac health for the rheumatologist

Alaa Diab, Breanna Hansen, Diana H Tran, Jessica N Holtzman, and Martha Gulati

13.  Future Directions for Cardio-Rheumatology

C Noel Bairey-Merz, Janet Wei, and Martha Gulati