Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases and disorders.
Presented in a step by step approach covering patient history, signs and symptoms, examination and investigation, diagnosis, and treatment methods, each chapter covers a different cardiac condition.
The second edition has been fully revised and new topics added to provide clinicians with the latest advances in the field.
The comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 200 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables to assist learning.
Key points
- Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases and disorders
- Fully revised, second edition with new topics added
- Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
- Previous edition (9789350259856) published in 2012
Table of Contents
- Bedside Cardiology: Is it Evidence-based?
- Functional Classification
- A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Cardiovascular System
- A Triad: Minor Symptoms in Cardiovascular System
- A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Left-to-Right Shunt
- A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
- Syndrome and Measurements
- Clinical Instruments
- A Triad: Cardinal Signs in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
- Jugular Venous Pulse
- Arterial Pulse
- Blood Pressure
- Precordium: Inspection, Palpation, and Percussion
- First Heart Sound
- Second Heart Sound
- Third Heart Sound
- Fourth Heart Sound
- Ejection Sound
- Nonejection Sound
- Murmur
- Continuous Murmur
- Innocent Murmur and Sound
- Dynamic Auscultation
- Clinical Assessment: Congestion and Perfusion
- Clinical Assessment: Pulmonary Hypertension
- Segmental Approach in Congenital Heart Disease
- Clinical Approach: Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
- Clinical Approach: Tetralogy Physiology
- Clinical Approach: Left-to-Right Shunt and Eisenmenger Physiology
