Description
For more than 30 years, The Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Cardiology Secrets, 5th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style – making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.- The Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective – now with an improved organization that makes information even easier than ever to find.- Written by global experts and thought leaders in cardiovascular disease.- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice.- New dedicated sections on peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease, venous thromboembolic disease, and specific populations and conditions, plus a dedicated chapter on new direct oral anticoagulant agents.- New chapters added on hypercoagulability states, specific valvular lesions, sleep apnea and the heart, heart disease in women, cardio-oncology, cardiac arrest, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), carotid artery disease, and hemorrhagic stroke.- Several hundred illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams – 100+ are new!- Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
I. DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES- Cardiovascular Physical Diagnosis- Cardiac Murmurs and Heart Sounds- Electrocardiography (ECGs)- Chest X-ray- Exercise Stress Testing- Ambulatory ECG monitors- Echocardiography- Nuclear Cardiology- Cardiac PET- Cardiac MRI- Cardiac CT- Swan-Ganz Catheters and Cardiac Hemodynamics- Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, FFR, IVUS and OCT II. CHEST PAINS, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES- Chest Pain and Angina- Chronic Stable Angina- Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes- ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction- Cardiogenic Shock- Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Stents- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery III. HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES- Myocarditis- Dilated Cardiomyopathy- Diastolic Dysfunction (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction)- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy- Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy- Heart Failure: Acute (In-hospital) Management- Heart Failure: Long Term Management- Heart Transplantation IV. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE- Aortic Stenosis- Aortic Regurgitation- Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Prolapse- Mitral Stenosis- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement- Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis V. ARRHYTHMIAS- Atrial Fibrillation- Supraventricular Tachycardia- Ventricular Arrhythmias- Cardiac Pacing for Bradycardia, Atrioventricular Block, and Heart Failure- Implanatable Cardiac Defibrillators- Cardiac Arrest VI. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION- Hypertension- Hyperlipidemia- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease- Smoking Cessation- Exercise and the Heart VII. THE HEART IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS- Cardiac Manifestations of AIDS- Cardiac Manifestations of Rheumatologic Disorders- Cardio-Oncology- Cocaine and the Heart- Heart Disease in the Elderly- Heart Disease in Pregnancy- Heart Disease in Women- Sleep Apnea and the Heart VIII. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE- Peripheral Arterial Disease- Aortic Aneurysm- Aortic Dissection- Carotid Artery Disease- Ischemic Stroke- Hemorrhagic Stroke and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis IX. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE- DVT Prophylaxis and Treatment- Pulmonary Embolism- Hypercoagulability States X. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN CARDIOLOGY- Adult Congenital Heart Disease- Cardiac Tumors- Hypertensive Crisis- Oral Anticoagulation Therapy- Pericardits, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade- Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Risk- Pulmonary Hypertension- Syncope- Traumatic Heart Disease
