Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine
184 pages, 4 1/4 x 7
7 line drawings, 29 tables
Paperback
Release Date:29 Nov 2017
ISBN:9780813579689
Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine
Board Review and Clinical Pearls
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine
The treatment and management of cardiovascular disease has seen rapid advances in recent years; as a trainee or practitioner of cardiovascular medicine, it can be difficult to find the time to stay abreast of recent updates in information. Unlike standard exhaustive text and reference titles, Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine provides the most critical facts and clinical pearls of cardiovascular medicine, in a high-yield, concise, bulleted format that can fit in your pocket. Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine is the perfect guide to enhance your cardiovascular knowledge, prepare for board examinations, and improve clinical practice.
Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine covers numerous important topics from the basics of Statistics, to factoids in General Cardiology, Physical Exam, EKG, Congenital Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Heart Failure/Transplant, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Pericardial Diseases, Electrophysiology, Pharmacology, Pregnancy, Pulmonary Hypertension, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Echocardiography, Formulas, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Tumors.
Essential Facts in Cardiovascular Medicine covers numerous important topics from the basics of Statistics, to factoids in General Cardiology, Physical Exam, EKG, Congenital Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Heart Failure/Transplant, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Pericardial Diseases, Electrophysiology, Pharmacology, Pregnancy, Pulmonary Hypertension, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Echocardiography, Formulas, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Tumors.
YEREM YEGHIAZARIANS, M.D. is a professor of medicine and the Leone-Perkins Family Endowed Chair in Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as director of the Translational Cardiac Stem Cell Program, co-director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and director of the Peripheral Interventional Cardiology Program. He was also the President of the San Francisco Board of the American Heart Association from 2013-2016 and coeditor of the Handbook of Endovascular Peripheral Interventions.
Abbreviations vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Statistics 1
2 General Cardiology 3
3 Physical Exam 20
4 EKG 25
5 Congenital Heart Disease 29
6 Valvular Heart Disease 40
7 Heart Failure/Transplant 53
8 Acute Coronary Syndromes 63
9 Pericardial Disease 71
10 Electrophysiology 77
11 Pharmacology 89
12 Pregnancy 97
13 Pulmonary Hypertension 100
14 Peripheral Vascular Disease 105
15 Echocardiography 117
16 Interventional Cardiology 122
17 Cardiac Tumors 135
18 Formulas 138
References 141
Index 151
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Statistics 1
2 General Cardiology 3
3 Physical Exam 20
4 EKG 25
5 Congenital Heart Disease 29
6 Valvular Heart Disease 40
7 Heart Failure/Transplant 53
8 Acute Coronary Syndromes 63
9 Pericardial Disease 71
10 Electrophysiology 77
11 Pharmacology 89
12 Pregnancy 97
13 Pulmonary Hypertension 100
14 Peripheral Vascular Disease 105
15 Echocardiography 117
16 Interventional Cardiology 122
17 Cardiac Tumors 135
18 Formulas 138
References 141
Index 151
