Main description:

This 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

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