DESCRIPTION:
Specialist Training in Cardiology is written for those doctors starting their career in this specialty (or in general internal medicine). The text presents a succinct account of the subject concentrating on diagnostic techniques, treatment and management. Throughout extensive use is made of radiographs, drawings, lists and tables. The aim is to provide a ""bridge"" between introductory undergraduate texts and the very large and expensive major reference works.
CONTENTS:
Cardiovascular disease epidemiology.
Basic cardiac pathophysiology.
Cardiovascular risk factors.
Cardiac investigations.
Echocardiography.
Nuclear imaging.
Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography.
Cardiovascular disease markers.
Management of stable ischaemic heart disease.
Management of acute coronary syndromes.
Valvular heart disease.
Chronic heart failure.
Cadiomyopathies.
Electrophysiology and arrhythmias.
Hypertension including hypertensive crisis.
Grown-up congenital heart disease.
Aortic dissection.
Management of pulmonary embolism.
Pulmonary hypertension.
Pericardial disease.
Cardiovascular co-morbidity with renal disease.
Cerebrovascular disease and the cardiac patient.
Endocrinological abnormalities in cardiovascular disease.
Fitness to fly.
Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation.
