Crash Course: Cardiology

3. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7234-3464-1
Verlag: Mosby Uk

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 246 mm x 189 mm

Reihe: Crash Course

Welcome to Crash Course - THE revision aid to get you the results you need

Crash Course is a complete revision guide designed specifically to save you time by providing everything you could be asked in the exam in one place!

Each book in the series has been specially written either by senior medical students or junior doctors - carefully supervised by faculty advisors - to ensure that it exactly matches your needs by having been prepared by someone who has just been in the exam situation!

Fully updated with improved layout, the first part of each volume covers a comprehensive series of common presentations while the second part addresses specific diseases and disorders. The third part of the book is given to a detailed exploration of the role of history, examination, and common investigations in the relevant speciality providing all of the facts you need to get things right!

New features include 'Learning Objectives' at the start of each chapter, improved 'Hints and Tips' boxes, 'Communication' boxes and a completely revised self-assessment section tailored to the current exam formats!

Crash Course - an easier way to get through the exam!

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate medical students - revision aid

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jain, Ajay

Ginks, Matthew

Weitere Mitwirkende

Horton-Szar, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Patient Presents With.

1. Chest pain

2. Dyspnoea

3. Syncope

4. Palpitations

5. Peripheral oedema

6. Heart murmur

7. High blood pressure

8. Fever associated With a cardiac symptom or sign

Part II: Disease and Disorders

9. Angina pectoris

10. Acute myocardial infarction

11. Supraventricular tachyarrythmias

12. Ventricular tachyarrythmias

13. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation

14. Bradyarrythmias

15. Cardiac failure

16. The cardiomyopathies

17. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion

18. Valvular heart disease

19. Infective endocarditis

20. Hypertension

21. Congenital heart disease

Part III: History, Examination,
and Common Investigations

22. History

23. Examination

24. How to write a clerking

25. Common investigations

Part IV: Self-Assessment