Heart Disease: Review and Assessment to accompany Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 6th Edition
This completely updated revision is a comprehensive study guide designed to accompany the new 6 th edition of Braunwald's Heart Disease . More than 700 questions and answers give readers a thorough review of key topics related to contemporary cardiovascular medicine. The detailed answers often serve as in-depth mini-reviews of the content, written in a clear, straightforward style that's easy to understand. All information is cross-referenced to pertinent sections of the Braunwald text, the CD-ROM version of the text, and in most cases, additional journal articles. It's an excellent preparation for the Subspecialty Examination in Cardiovascular Disease, or for anyone wishing to review modern cardiovascular medicine in detail.
Features:
* The easy-to-use question/answer format provides a clear, comprehensive, concise review of all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.
* Includes more than 700 new and updated questions with comprehensive answers.
* Answers refer the reader to additional resources for further information, including the Braunwald text, the Braunwald CD-ROM, and/or relevant journal articles.
What's New:
* Completely revised content reflects the current range of topics and question style in board exams.
* All questions and answers are entirely up-to-date, and the majority are brand-new-providing a complete review of the contemporary practice of cardiovascular medicine.
* A new editor and new set of contributors, all on the staff of Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, have lent their expertise the material.
* Each question and answer has been reviewed by cardiology fellows-in-training or faculty members to ensure clarity, accuracy, and relevance.
| Author: |
Leonard S. Lilly |
| ISBN: |
0721694462 |
| Publisher: |
WB Saunders |
| Binding: |
Softcover |
| Year Published: |
July 2001 |
| No. of Pages: |
73 |
| Illustrations: |
320 |
| Contents: |
Part I General Considerations of Heart Disease
1. Magnitude of the Problem
2. Economic Burden of HD: Cost Effective Practice
Part II Examination of the Patient
1. The History
2. Physical Examination of the Heart
3. Electrocardiography
4. Exercise Stress Testing
5. Echocardiography
6. Radiology of the Heart
7. Nuclear Cardiology
8. CT/MRI
9. Cardiac Catherization
10. Coronary Arteriography
11. Relative Merits of Diagnostic Techniques
Part III Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Function: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias
1. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction
2. Assessment of Cardiac Function
3. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
4. Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure
5. Treatment of Heart Failure: Pharmaceutical Methods
6. Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted Circulation
7. Treatment of Heart Failure: Heart/Lung Transplant
8. Clinical Management of Heart Failure
9. Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. General Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias
11. Cardiac Pacemakers
12. Specific Arrhythmias
13. Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death
14. Hypotension and Syncope
Part IV Hypertensive and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases
1. Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis
2. Systemic Hypertension: Therapy
3. Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis
4. Atherosclerosis: Risk Factors and Epidemiology
5. Prevention of Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease
6. Lipid Lowering Trials
7. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia
8. Acute Myocardial Infarction
9. Unstable and Prinzmetal's Angina
10. Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
11. Interventional Cardiology
12. Rehabilitation of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
13. Aorta
14. Peripheral Vascular Disease
15. Extra-Cardiac Vascular Interventions
Part V Diseases of the Heart, Pericardium and Pulmonary Vascular Bed
1. Congenital Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood
2. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
3. Acquired Heart Disease
4. Valvular Heart Disease
5. Infective Endocarditis
6. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis
7. Primary Tumors of the Heart
8. Pericardial Disease
9. Pulmonary Embolism
10. Pulmonary Hypertension
11. Pulmonary Hypertension
12. Cor Pulmonale
Part VI Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics
1. Principles of Cardiovascular Cellular and Molecular Biology
2. Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease
Part VII Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations
1. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
2. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
3. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes
4. Medical Management of Cardiovascular Surgical Patients
5. General Anesthesia and Non-Cardiac Surgery with Heart Disease
Part VIII Heart Disease and Disorders of Other Organ Systems
1. Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis
2. Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease
3. Endocrine and Nutritional Disorders
4. Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease
5. Rheumatic Fever
6. Rheumatic Diseases and Cardiovascular Disease
7. AIDS and the Cardiovascular System
8. Hematology-Oncology Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
9. Behavioral and Psychiatric Issues
10. Neurologic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
11. 72 Renal Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease |
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| About The Author: |
Leonard S. Lilly, MD
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA
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