High-Yield Heart
Published on 16. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7817-5568-9 (ISBN)
Description
High-Yield(TM) Heart is the second in a series of High-Yield(TM) Systems books by a best-selling medical textbook author that cover the basic sciences of the medical school curriculum using a systems-based approach. This approach helps students integrate their first two years' course material and offers excellent preparation for USMLE Step 1 and clinical rotations. Chapters cover each basic science--embryology, gross anatomy, radiology, histology, physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology--as it relates to the heart and cardiovascular system. The book is replete with radiographs, CT and MRI scans, and micrographs of normal tissue and pathologic conditions. Sections of the book are tabbed for easy reference.
High-Yield(TM) Heart is the second in a series of High-Yield(TM) Systems books by a best-selling medical textbook author that cover the basic sciences of the medical school curriculum using a systems-based approach. This approach helps students integrate their first two years' course material and offers excellent preparation for USMLE Step 1 and clinical rotations. Chapters cover each basic science--embryology, gross anatomy, radiology, histology, physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology--as it relates to the heart and cardiovascular system. The book is replete with radiographs, CT and MRI scans, and micrographs of normal tissue and pathologic conditions. Sections of the book are tabbed for easy reference.
High-Yield(TM) Heart is the second in a series of High-Yield(TM) Systems books by a best-selling medical textbook author that cover the basic sciences of the medical school curriculum using a systems-based approach. This approach helps students integrate their first two years' course material and offers excellent preparation for USMLE Step 1 and clinical rotations. Chapters cover each basic science--embryology, gross anatomy, radiology, histology, physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology--as it relates to the heart and cardiovascular system. The book is replete with radiographs, CT and MRI scans, and micrographs of normal tissue and pathologic conditions. Sections of the book are tabbed for easy reference.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-5568-9 (9780781755689)
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Content
1Embryology ..1 I. Formation of the Heart Tube ...1 II. Primitive Heart Tube Dilatations ...1 III. Dextral Looping ...1 IV. Partitioning of the Heart Tube . .1 V. The Aorticopulmonary (AP) Septum . .1 VI. The Atrial Septum . .. .4 VII. The Atrioventricular Septum . .8 VIII. The Interventricular (IV) Septum . .8 IX. Cardiac Malposition . .10 X. The Conduction System of the Heart ...10 XI. Coronary Arteries . .10 XII. Development of the Arterial System . .11 XIII. Development of the Venous System . .13 XIV. Development of the Pulmonary Veins . .15 XV. Fetal and Neonatal Circulation . .15 XVI. The Pediatric Thorax . .18 XVII. Radiographs, Echocardiograms, Angiograms, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging . .19 2Gross Anatomy . .29 The Thorax . .29 I. Bones of the Thorax . .29 II. Muscles of the Thorax . .29 III. Nerves of the Thorax ..30 IV. Arteries of the Thorax . .30 V. Veins of the Thorax . .30 VI. Clinical Considerations of the Anterior Thorax . .31 VII. Clinical Considerations of the Lateral Thorax . .33 VIII. Clinical Considerations of the Posterior Thorax . .33 IX. Mediastinum ...33 The Heart ...35 I. The Pericardium ...35 II. Heart Surfaces . .. .36 III. Heart Borders . .36 IV. Fibrous Skeleton of the Heart . .. .37 V. Valves and Auscultation Sites .37 VI. Vasculature of the Heart . .39 VII. The Conduction System . ..39 VIII. Innervation of the Heart . .41 IX. Lymphatic Drainage of the Heart . .43 X. Gross Anatomy Structure Overview ...43 3Radiology ... .47 I. Radiographs ...47 II. Angiography ...47 III. Echocardiography . .48 IV. Radiographs, Magnetic Resonance Images, Angiograms, and Echocardiograms ...49 4Histology ...55 I. Heart Layers ...55 II. Photomicrographs . .58 5Physiology ...59 I. Contraction of Cardiac Myocytes . .59 II. Preload ...61 III. Afterload . .61 IV. Contractility (Inotropism) and Frank-Starling Curve . .61 V. Swan-Ganz Catheter ...63 VI. Left Ventricle Pressure-Volume Curves ...64 VII. Cardiac Calculations ...65 VIII. Pressures Within Heart Chambers and Great Vessels . .. .65 IX. The Cardiac Cycle . .. .65 X. Heart Sounds . .. .68 XI. Heart Murmurs ...68 XII. Myogenic Heartbeat ...69 XIII. Parasympathetic (Cranial Nerve) Regulation of Heart Rate . .. .71 XIV. Sympathetic Regulation of Heart Rate ...72 XV. Electrocardiogram ...73 XVI. Electrocardiograms of Various Clinical Conditions . .. .75 6Pathology ...77 I. Atherosclerosis ...77 II. Ischemic Heart Disease ...77 III. Right Ventricle Failure . .. .78 IV. Left Ventricle Failure ...78 V. Cardiomyopathy ...79 VI. Valvular Heart Disease .. .79 VII. Myocarditis ...80 VIII. Pericarditis ...80 IX. Cardiac Tumors ...81 X. Selected Photographs, Radiographs, and Micrographs ... .81 7Microbiology ...87 I. Rheumatic Carditis (Rheumatic Fever) ...87 II. Infective (Bacterial) Endocarditis ...88 III. Myocarditis . ...90 IV. Selected Photographs, Radiographs, and Micrographs ...92 8Pharmacology ...95 I. Definitions ...95 II. Antiarrhythmic Drugs ...95 III. Congestive Heart Failure Drugs . ...98 IV. Antianginal Drugs ...101 V. Antihypertensive Drugs ...102 VI. Antithrombotic Drugs ...106 VII. Antihyperlipidemic Drugs ...106 Credits ...109 Index ...113