Cardiology Secrets E-Book

I. DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES - Cardiovascular Physical Diagnosis - Cardiac Murmurs and Heart Sounds - Electrocardiography (ECGs) - Chest X-ray - Exercise Stress Testing - Ambulatory ECG monitors - Echocardiography - Nuclear Cardiology - Cardiac PET - Cardiac MRI - Cardiac CT - Swan-Ganz Catheters and Cardiac Hemodynamics - Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, FFR, IVUS and OCT II. CHEST PAINS, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES - Chest Pain and Angina - Chronic Stable Angina - Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - Cardiogenic Shock - Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Stents - Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery III. HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES - Myocarditis - Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Diastolic Dysfunction (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction) - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy - Heart Failure: Acute (In-hospital) Management - Heart Failure: Long Term Management - Heart Transplantation IV. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE - Aortic Stenosis - Aortic Regurgitation - Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Prolapse - Mitral Stenosis - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis V. ARRHYTHMIAS - Atrial Fibrillation - Supraventricular Tachycardia - Ventricular Arrhythmias - Cardiac Pacing for Bradycardia, Atrioventricular Block, and Heart Failure - Implanatable Cardiac Defibrillators - Cardiac Arrest VI. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION - Hypertension - Hyperlipidemia - Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease - Smoking Cessation - Exercise and the Heart VII. THE HEART IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS - Cardiac Manifestations of AIDS - Cardiac Manifestations of Rheumatologic Disorders - Cardio-Oncology - Cocaine and the Heart - Heart Disease in the Elderly - Heart Disease in Pregnancy - Heart Disease in Women - Sleep Apnea and the Heart VIII. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE - Peripheral Arterial Disease - Aortic Aneurysm - Aortic Dissection - Carotid Artery Disease - Ischemic Stroke - Hemorrhagic Stroke and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis IX. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE - DVT Prophylaxis and Treatment - Pulmonary Embolism - Hypercoagulability States X. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN CARDIOLOGY - Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Cardiac Tumors - Hypertensive Crisis - Oral Anticoagulation Therapy - Pericardits, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade - Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Risk - Pulmonary Hypertension - Syncope - Traumatic Heart Disease