Clinical Guide to Cardiology E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Clinical Guides
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 536

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Clinical Guide to Cardiology is a quick-reference resource, packed full of bullet points, diagrams, tables and algorithms for the key concepts and facts for important presentations and conditions within cardiology. It provides practical, evidence-based information on interventions, investigations, and the management of clinical cardiology.

Key features include:

• The  enhanced eBook features integrated audio clips, developed for differing levels of knowledge, that explain key concepts or an area in greater detail
• A clear evidence-base providing key guidelines and clinical trials in each chapter
• Coverage of examination techniques, common conditions, imaging modalities (including ECGs, chest X-rays, MRI and CT), interventional therapies, and pharmacology
• A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/camm/cardiology featuring numerous additional clinical case studies, audio scripts, and self-assessment material

Leseprobe

The Clinical Guides Series

Series Editor: Christian Camm

The Clinical Guides are a brand new resource for junior doctors and medical students.

They provide practical and concise day-to-day information on common conditions, symptoms and problems faced in the clinical environment. They are easy to navigate and allow swift access to information as it is needed, with step-by-step guidance on decision making, investigations and interventions, and how to survive and thrive on clinical rotation and attachment.

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Clinical Guide to Cardiology

Edited by

Christian F. Camm

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

A. John Camm

St. George’s University of London, London, UK

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Clinical guide to cardiology / edited by Christian F. Camm, A. John Camm.       p. ; cm.    Includes bibliographical references and index.    ISBN 978-1-118-75533-4 (pbk.)    I. Camm, Christian F. (Christian Fielder), editor.   II. Camm, A. John, editor.    [DNLM: 1. Heart Diseases–diagnosis.   2. Heart Diseases–therapy.   WG 141]    RC682    616.1′2–dc23                                                                      2015025343

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CONTENTS

Contributors

Acronyms and Abbreviations

About the Enhanced Edition

PART 1 Examination Techniques

1 Examination Techniques

1.1 Common conditions to be looked for on the examination

1.2 Clinical examination – peripheries

1.3 Clinical examination – the praecordium

1.4 How to present your findings

1.5 Eponymous signs and symptoms

Note

PART 2 Approach to Presenting Complaints

2 Chest Pain

2.1 Definition

2.2 Diagnostic algorithm

2.3 Differentials list

2.4 Key history features

2.5 Key examination features

2.6 Key investigations

2.7 When to call a senior

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

3 Shortness of Breath

3.1 Definition

3.2 Diagnostic algorithm

3.3 Differentials list

3.4 Key history features

3.5 Key examination features

3.6 Key investigations

3.7 When to call a senior

Guidelines

Further reading

4 Loss of Consciousness

4.1 Definition

4.2 Classification

4.3 Differentials list

4.4 Key history features

4.5 Key examination features

4.6 Key investigations

4.7 When to call a senior

4.8 Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

5 Palpitations

5.1 Definition

5.2 Diagnostic algorithm

5.3 Differentials list

5.4 Key history features

5.5 Key examination features

5.6 Key investigations

5.7 When to call a senior

Guidelines

Further reading

6 Cardiac Murmurs

6.1 Definition

6.2 Classification

6.3 Differentials list

6.4 Key history features

6.5 Key examination features

6.6 Key investigations

6.7 When to call a senior

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

7 Shock

7.1 Definition

7.2 Diagnostic algorithm

7.3 Differentials list

7.4 Key history features

7.5 Key examination features

7.6 Key investigations

7.7 When to call a senior

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

8 Oedema

8.1 Definition

8.2 Diagnostic algorithm

8.3 Differentials list

8.4 Key history features

8.5 Key examination features

8.6 Key investigations

8.7 When to call a senior

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

PART 3 Conditions

9 Acute Coronary Syndrome

9.1 Definition

9.2 Underlying concepts

9.3 Key data

9.4 Clinical types

9.5 Presenting features

9.6 Differentials

9.7 Key investigations

9.8 Management options

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

10 Stable Angina

10.1 Definition

10.2 Underlying concepts

10.3 Key data

10.4 Clinical types

10.5 Presenting features

10.6 Differentials

10.7 Key investigations

10.8 Management options

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

11 Heart Failure

11.1 Definition

11.2 Underlying concepts

11.3 Clinical types

11.4 Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

11.5 Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF)

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

12 Infective Endocarditis

12.1 Definition

12.2 Underlying concepts

12.3 Key data

12.4 Clinical types

12.5 Presenting features

12.6 Differentials

12.7 Key investigations

12.8 Management options

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

13 Arrhythmias

13.1 Definition

13.2 Underlying concepts

13.3 Clinical types

13.4 Atrial fibrillation

13.5 Atrial flutter

13.6 Supraventricular tachycardias

13.7 Ventricular tachycardia

13.8 Other arrhythmias to be aware of

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

14 Valvular Heart Disease

14.1 Definition

14.2 Underlying concepts

14.3 Clinical types

14.4 Mitral regurgitation (MR)

14.5 Mitral stenosis (MS)

14.6 Aortic stenosis (AS)

14.7 Aortic regurgitation (AR)

14.8 Other murmurs to be aware of

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

15 Cardiomyopathy

15.1 Definition

15.2 Underlying concepts

15.3 Clinical types

15.4 Presentation

15.5 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

15.6 Dilated cardiomyopathy

15.7 Restrictive cardiomyopathy

15.8 Other cardiomyopathies

Guidelines

Further reading

16 Hypertension

16.1 Definition

16.2 Underlying concepts

16.3 Key data

16.4 Clinical types

16.5 Presenting features

16.6 Differentials

16.7 Key investigations

16.8 Management options

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

17 Pericardial Disease

17.1 Definition

17.2 Underlying concepts

17.3 Clinical types

17.4 Acute pericarditis

17.5 Constrictive pericarditis

17.6 Pericardial effusion

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

18 Congenital Heart Disease

18.1 Definition

18.2 Underlying concepts

18.3 Atrial septal defect

18.4 Ventricular septal defect

18.5 Coarctation of the aorta

18.6 Other forms of congenital heart disease

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

PART 4 Imaging

19 Electrocardiogram

19.1 Definition

19.2 Outline of procedure

19.3 Indications

19.4 Peri-procedural management

19.5 Key features

19.6 Interpretation

19.7 Potential complications

Guidelines

Further reading

20 Transoesophageal Echocardiogram

20.1 Definition

20.2 Outline of procedure

20.3 Indications

20.4 Peri-procedural management

20.5 Interpretation

20.6 Potential complications

Guidelines

Further reading

21 Trans-Thoracic Echocardiogram

21.1 Definition

21.2 Outline of procedure

21.3 Indications

21.4 Peri-procedural management

21.5 Interpretation

21.6 Potential complications

Guidelines

22 Cardiac MRI

22.1 Definition

22.2 Outline of procedure

22.3 Indications

22.4 Peri-procedural management

22.5 Interpretation

22.6 Potential complications

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

23 Cardiac CT

23.1 Definition

23.2 Outline of procedure

23.3 Indications

23.4 Peri-procedural management

23.5 Interpretation

23.6 Potential complications

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

24 Cardiac Catheterization

24.1 Definition

24.2 Outline of procedure

24.3 Indications

24.4 Peri-procedural management

24.5 Interpretation

24.6 Potential complications

Guidelines

Further reading

PART 5 Interventional Therapies

25 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators

25.1 Definition

25.2 Outline of devices

25.3 Outline of procedure

25.4 Indications

25.5 Peri-procedural management

25.6 Potential complications

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

26 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Angioplasty

26.1 Definition

26.2 Basic principles

26.3 Outline of procedure

26.4 Indications

26.5 Peri-procedural management

26.6 Interpretation

26.7 Potential complications

26.8 Thrombolysis

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

27 Valvuloplasty

27.1 Definition

27.2 Outline of procedure and devices

27.3 Indications

27.4 Peri-procedural management

27.5 Potential complications

Guidelines

28 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

28.1 Definition

28.2 Outline of procedure and devices

28.3 Indications

28.4 Peri-procedural management

28.5 Potential complications

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

29 Cardiac Ablation

29.1 Definition

29.2 Outline of procedure

29.3 Indications

29.4 Peri-procedural management

29.5 Potential complications

Key clinical trials

Guidelines

Further reading

PART 6 Pharmacology

30 Anti-Arrhythmic Agents

30.1 Adenosine

30.2 Amiodarone

30.3 Flecainide

30.4 Digoxin

30.5 Atropine

Key clinical trials

31 Beta-Blockers

31.1 General notes

31.2 Non-selective

31.3 Cardioselective

Key clinical trials

32 Calcium-Channel Blockers

32.1 General notes

32.2 Cardiac selective

32.3 Action primarily on vascular smooth muscle

Key clinical trials

33 Nitrates

33.1 General notes

33.2 Oral nitrates

33.3 Nitrates used as an infusion

Key clinical trials

34 Drugs Targeting the Angiotensin Axis

34.1 General notes

34.2 ACE inhibitors (ACEi)

34.3 Angiotensin-receptor blockers

35 Diuretics

35.1 Loop diuretics

35.2 Thiazides and thiazide-like diuretics

35.3 Potassium-sparing diuretics

Key trials

36 Anticoagulants

36.1 Heparin

36.2 Low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs)