The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review, 2nd Edition continues to offer thorough preparation for board certification and recertification exams in cardiology. It is written by distinguished clinicians from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and based on the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's popular annual Intensive Review of Cardiology course.
The book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of every area of contemporary cardiovascular medicine. Emphasis is on board relevant clinical material and accurate real-world clinical decision making. More than 500 illustrations and numerous tables facilitate quick review. Board-format questions with answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. Plus, with this edition you have access to an online companion website with fully searchable text and a question bank for access to the content anytime, anywhere.
Author(s): Brian P. Griffin, Samir R. Kapadia, Curtis M. Rimmerman
Edition: 2
Publisher: LWW Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2012
Language: English
Commentary: TRUE PDF
Tags: Cardiology Board Review; Cardiovascular Diseases
COVER
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
SECTION I FUNDAMENTALS
1 How to Pass the Cardiovascular Disease Board Exam
2 Cardiac Physical Examination
3 Cardiac Anatomy
4 Cardiovascular Physiology: Flow-Volume Loops
5 Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology
6 Cardiac Biochemistry
7 Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
SECTION II CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING AND STRESS TESTING
8 Chest Radiography for the Cardiovascular Medicine Boards
9 Fundamentals of Doppler Echocardiography
10 Electrocardiographic Stress Testing
11 Stress Echocardiography
12 Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: A Primer
13 Nuclear Stress Testing
14 Cardiac MRI and CT
SECTION III CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHY
15 Pathophysiology of Congestive Heart Failure
16 Medical Treatment of Heart Failure
17 Heart Transplantation
18 Devices for Heart Failure
19 Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
20 Pulmonary Hypertension
21 Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction
22 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
SECTION IV CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
23 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
24 Essential Echocardiographic Images in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
SECTION V CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
25 Twelve-Lead Electrocardiography
26 Electrophysiologic Testing Including His Bundle and Other Intracardiac Electrograms
27 Sudden Cardiac Death and ventricular Tachycardia
28 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
29 Supraventricular Tachycardias
30 Wide-Complex Tachycardia: Ventricular Tachycardia versus Supraventricular Tachycardia
31 Pacemakers and Defbrillators
32 Syncope
SECTION VI VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
33 Aortic and pulmonary Valve Disease
34 Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease
35 Infective Endocarditis
36 Prosthetic Valvular Disease
SECTION VII CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
37 Evaluation of Chest Discomfort
38 Coronary Artery Disease: Demographics and Incidence
39 Stable Angina: Diagnosis: Risk Stratification, Medical Therapy, and Revascularization Strategies
40 Unstable Coronary Sindromes
41 Acute Myocardial Infarction
42 Complications of Myocardial Infarction
43 Risk Stratification and Post-Myocardial Infarction Therapy
44 Radiation Saftey in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
45 Hemodynamic Measurements
46 Catheterization Laboratory Imaging and Functional Assessment
47 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
SECTION VIII AORTA/PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
48 Diseases of the Aorta
49 Venous Thromboembolism
50 Peripheral Artery Disease
51 Carotid Disease
SECTION IX CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
52 Hallmarks of Essential and Secondary Hypertension
53 The Dyslipidemias
54 Preoperative Evaluation of Cardiac Patients for Noncardiac Surgery
55 Pregnancy and Heart Disease
56 Women and Heart Disease
57 Pericardial Diseases
58 Effects of Systemic Diseases on the Heart and Cardiovascular System
59 Cardiac Neoplasms
SECTION X PHARMACOLOGY
60 Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Essentials
61 Cardiovascular Medicine - Essential Pharmaceuticals
62 Cardiovascular Drug interactions
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