Cardiology consists of 20 per cent of all acute medicine. All doctors, in whatever speciality, are involved in it and it has become an area of litigation which has dramatically increased in the last five years. Many types of problems have arisen. Should the doctor diagnose angina when the patient first presents with chest pain? Should the patient be warned of the dangers of cardiac catheterisation? Is thrombolsis safe to give to a patient who has had a stroke? These are a few of the problems which have resulted in major cases and it is very difficult for the lawyer to understand these problems without an adequate background of medical cardiology. The increase in legal cases regarding cardiology is such that any lawyer dealing in medical negligence will inevitably come across this type of problem several times a year. Roger blackwood, MA BM BCh FRCP, is Consultant Cardiologist at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals' Trust, Slough, and Honorary Consultant at Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Author(s): Roger Blackwood
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 156
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY......Page 14
2 SYMPTOMS OF HEART DISEASE......Page 22
3 CARDIAC INVESTIGATIONS......Page 28
4 ATHEROMA......Page 42
5 ANGINA PECTORIS AND UNSTABLE ANGINA......Page 46
6 MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION......Page 56
7 MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF CHEST PAIN, ANGINA AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION......Page 66
8 CARDIAC ARREST......Page 74
9 HEART FAILURE......Page 78
10 HYPERTENSION......Page 82
11 ARRHYTHMIAS......Page 94
12 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE......Page 106
13 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE......Page 118
14 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS......Page 128
15 CARDIOMYOPATHIES......Page 134
16 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS......Page 140
Index......Page 150
