
Cardiology Secrets
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- Expedites reference and review with a question-and-answer format, bulleted lists, mnemonics, and practical tips from the authors.
- Covers the full range of essential topics, including general examination, diagnostic procedures, arrhythmias, symptoms and disease states, valvular heart disease, cardiovascular pharmacology, and other medical conditions with associated cardiac involvement.
- Features 'Key Points' boxes and lists of useful web sites to enhance your reference power.
- Presents a chapter containing 'Top 100 Secrets', providing you with an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessment.
- Presents a new editor and a new contributor team who bring you fresh perspectives and the latest research in cardiology.
- Discusses the latest imaging modalities and pharmacologic agents to keep you up to date.
- Uses a new contemporary internal design that helps you navigate the text easier.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Top 100 Secrets
- I: General Examination
- Chapter 2: Cardiovascular Physical Examination
- Chapter 3: Heart Murmurs
- Chapter 4: Electrocardiogram
- Chapter 5: Chest Radiographs
- II: Diagnostic Procedures
- Chapter 6: Holter Monitors, Event Monitors, and Implantable Loop Recorders
- Chapter 7: Echocardiography
- Chapter 8: Exercise Stress Testing
- Chapter 9: Nuclear Cardiology
- Chapter 10: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Chapter 11: Cardiac CT Angiography
- Chapter 12: Bedside Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Chapter 13: Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography
- III: Chest Pains, Angina, Cad, and Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Chapter 14: Chest Pains and Angina
- Chapter 15: Chronic Stable Angina
- Chapter 16: Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Chapter 17: ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Chapter 18: Oral and Intravenous Antiplatelet Therapies
- Chapter 19: Anticoagulant Therapy
- Chapter 20: Cardiogenic Shock
- Chapter 21: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Chapter 22: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- IV: Congestive Heart Failure, Myocarditis, and Cardiomyopathies
- Chapter 23: Heart Failure: Evaluation and Long-Term Management
- Chapter 24: Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- Chapter 25: Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
- Chapter 26: Digoxin and Other Positive Inotropic Agents
- Chapter 27: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Chapter 28: Myocarditis
- Chapter 29: Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 30: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 31: Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 32: Cardiac Transplantation
- V: Valvular Heart Disease and Endocarditis
- Chapter 33: Aortic Valve Disease
- Chapter 34: Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation, and Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Chapter 35: Prosthetic Heart Valves
- Chapter 36: Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis
- Chapter 37: Oral Anticoagulation: Warfarin
- VI: Arrhythmias
- Chapter 38: Atrial Fibrillation
- Chapter 39: Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Chapter 40: Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chapter 41: Amiodarone and Antiarrhythmic Drugs
- Chapter 42: Cardiac Pacemakers and Resynchronization Therapy
- Chapter 43: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
- Chapter 44: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- VII: Primary and Secondary Prevention
- Chapter 45: Hypertension
- Chapter 46: Hypercholesterolemia
- Chapter 47: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
- Chapter 48: Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence
- Chapter 49: Exercise and the Heart
- Chapter 50: Metabolic Syndrome
- Chapter 51: Preventive Cardiology
- VIII: Miscellaneous Cardiovascular Symptoms and Diseases
- Chapter 52: Hypertensive Crisis
- Chapter 53: Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection
- Chapter 54: Pericarditis, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade
- Chapter 55: Syncope
- Chapter 56: Stroke and TIA
- Chapter 57: Traumatic Heart Disease
- Chapter 58: Cardiac Tumors
- Chapter 59: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Chapter 60: Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Chapter 61: Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Chapter 62: Pulmonary Embolism
- Chapter 63: Pulmonary Hypertension
- Chapter 64: Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation
- Chapter 65: Cocaine and the Heart
- Chapter 66: Heart Disease in Women
- Chapter 67: Heart Disease in the Elderly
- IX: Other Medical Conditions With Associated Cardiac Involvement
- Chapter 68: Heart Disease in Pregnancy
- Chapter 69: Cardiovascular Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders and the Vasculitides
- Chapter 70: Cardiac Manifestations of HIV/AIDS
- Index
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