Contents
- Front matter
- Chapter 1 Cardiac investigations
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- Chapter 1 Cardiac investigations
- Exercise ECG
- Transthoracic echocardiography
- Transthoracic Doppler imaging
- The standard transthoracic echo
- Assessment of wall motion
- Assessment of LV systolic function
- Assessment of LV diastolic function
- ECHO in aortic stenosis (AS)
- Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE)
- TOE for a cardiac source of embolism
- TOE in aortic dissection
- TOE in endocarditis
- TOE for mitral regurgitation (MR)
- Mitral valve prolapse
- TOE in chronic ischaemic MR
- TOE for mitral stenosis
- TOE for prosthetic valve dysfunction
- TOE assessment of mitral valve prosthesis
- TOE for aortic valve prosthesis
- Intraoperative TOE
- TOE for assessment of cardiac masses
- PET scanning
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)
- Metallic prostheses and CMR
- Chapter 2 Valvular heart disease
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- Chapter 2 Valvular heart disease
- General considerations
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic stenosis: management
- Aortic regurgitation
- Right heart valve lesions
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Prosthetic heart valves: complications
- Out-patient review
- Chapter 3 Infective endocarditis
- Chapter 4 Coronary artery disease
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- Chapter 4 Coronary artery disease
- Atherosclerosis: pathophysiology
- Development of atherosclerotic plaques
- Epidemiology
- Assessment of atherosclerotic risk
- Risk factors for CAD
- Hypertension
- Treatment of high blood pressure
- Combining antihypertensive drugs
- Lipid management in atherosclerosis
- Lipid lowering therapy
- When to treat lipids
- Diabetes and atherosclerosis
- The metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance
- Metabolic syndrome: management
- Angina pectoris
- Acute coronary syndromes
- ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- STEMI: diagnosis
- STEMI: general measures
- STEMI: reperfusion therapy (thrombolysis)
- STEMI: reperfusion by primary PCI
- Surgery for acute STEMI
- STEMI: additional measures
- Right ventricular (RV) infarction
- STEMI: predischarge risk stratification
- STEMI: complications
- Ventricular septal defect post-MI
- Acute mitral regurgitation post-MI
- Pseudoaneurysm and free wall rupture
- Cocaine-induced MI
- Ventricular tachyarrhythmias post-MI
- Atrial tachyarrhythmia post-MI
- Bradyarrhythmias and indications for pacing
- Bradyarrhythmias post-MI
- Hypotension and shock post-MI
- Cardiogenic shock
- Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)/unstable angina (UA)
- NSTEMI/UA: diagnosis
- NSTEMI/UA: risk stratification
- NSTEMI/UA: late risk stratification
- NSTEMI/UA: medical management
- NSTEMI: invasive vs. non-invasive strategies
- Discharge and secondary prevention
- Chapter 5 Cardiac catheterization and intervention
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- Chapter 5 Cardiac catheterization and intervention
- Radiation protection in the catheter laboratory
- Vascular access: the femoral artery
- Vascular access: the radial artery
- Vascular access site management
- Coronary angiography
- Interpreting the coronary angiogram
- Angiographic study of grafts
- Complications of angiography
- Right heart catheterization
- Cardiac output and LV Function
- Cardiac catheterization in valve disease
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Angioplasty and coronary stenting
- Restenosis following PTCA
- Drug eluting stents
- Physiological assessment of coronary flow
- Primary angioplasty for STEMI
- Primary angioplasty: procedure
- Invasive assessment of vulnerable plaque
- Complex coronary angioplasty
- Left main stem angioplasty
- Adjunctive therapy for angioplasty and stenting
- Embolic protection devices
- Thrombectomy
- Mitral valvuloplasty
- Glossary of terms and abbreviations
- Chapter 6 Heart failure
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- Chapter 6 Heart failure
- Introduction
- Forms of heart failure
- Causes and precipitants
- Signs and symptoms
- Investigations
- Management
- Diuretics in heart failure
- ACE inhibitors for heart failure
- β-blockers for heart failure
- Angiotensin II receptor antagonists for heart failure
- Aldosterone receptor antagonists in heart failure
- Cardiac glycosides in heart failure
- Vasodilators in heart failure
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors in heart failure
- Positive inotropic support
- Antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants
- Miscellaneous drugs for heart failure
- Device therapy for heart failure
- Surgery for heart failure
- Palliative care for heart failure
- Worsening heart failure
- Diastolic heart failure
- High-output heart failure
- Chapter 7 Heart muscle diseases
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- Chapter 7 Heart muscle diseases
- Classification
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
- Valvular cardiomyopathy
- Hypertensive cardiomyopathy
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
- Metabolic cardiomyopathy
- General system disease
- Nutritional cardiomyopathy
- Muscular dystrophies
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Sensitivity or toxic reactions
- Peripartum
- Myocarditis
- Viral myocarditis
- Rickettsial myocarditis
- Bacterial myocarditis
- Spirochetal myocarditis
- Protozoal myocarditis
- Fungal myocarditis
- Toxic and metabolic myocarditis
- Chapter 8 Pericardial diseases
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- Chapter 8 Pericardial diseases
- Aetiology
- Syndromes of pericardial disease
- Acute pericarditis without effusion
- Pericardial effusion ± tamponade
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Effusive–constrictive pericarditis
- Calcific pericarditis without constriction
- Viral pericarditis
- Tuberculous pericarditis
- Tuberculous pericardial constriction
- Effusive–constrictive TB pericarditis
- Tuberculous pericardial effusion
- Uraemic pericarditis
- Neoplastic pericardial disease
- Myxoedematous effusion
- Nontuberculous bacterial (purulent) pericarditis
- Radiation pericarditis
- Drugs/toxin-induced pericarditis
- Postcardiotomy syndrome
- Post-infarction pericarditis
- Rheumatic fever
- Autoimmune pericarditis
- Traumatic pericarditis
- Fungal pericarditis
- Amoebic pericarditis
- Constrictive pericarditis vs. restrictive myocardial disease
- Pericardial fluid analysis
- Pericardiocentesis
- Further reading
- Chapter 9 Arrhythmias
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- Chapter 9 Arrhythmias
- The cardiac conduction system
- Bradyarrhythmias: general approach
- Sinus bradycardia
- Sinus pause
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Atrioventricular block
- Bundle branch block
- Tachyarrhythmias: general approach
- Tachyarrhythmias: classification
- ECG diagnosis of tachyarrhythmias
- Tachycardia: emergency management
- Drug treatment of tachyarrhythmias
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Sinus tachycardia
- Sinus nodal reentrant tachycardia
- Atrial tachycardia
- Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT)
- Junctional tachycardia
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial fibrillation: investigations
- Atrial fibrillation: management
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Normal heart VT (benign VT)
- VT with impaired LV function
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Brugada syndrome
- Bundle branch tachycardia
- Long QT syndrome
- Long QT syndrome: management
- Arrhythmia in special situations
- Permanent pacemakers
- Which pacing modality?
- Complications of pacing
- Pacemakers for chronic heart failure
- Chapter 10 Invasive electrophysiology
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- Chapter 10 Invasive electrophysiology
- Mechanism of tachycardias
- Mechanism of arrhythmias
- The electrophysiology study
- Uses of the EP study
- Programmed ventricular stimulation
- New technologies
- Catheter ablation
- Catheter ablation: complications
- Atrial tachyarrhythmias: mechanism
- Ablation of atrial tachycardias
- Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
- Mechanism of AV reentry tachycardias
- AV reentry tachycardias: ablation
- Ablation of ventricular tachycardia
- Accessory pathways (Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome)
- Accessory Pathways: localization
- Accessory pathways: management
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
- Indications for ICD implantation
- ICD therapies
- ICD: trouble shooting and follow-up
- Chapter 11 Congenital heart disease
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- Chapter 11 Congenital heart disease
- Introduction
- Assessment of patients with CHD
- Specific signs in patients with CHD
- Surgical operations for CHD
- Percutaneous transcatheter interventions for CHD
- Specific management issues
- Atrial septal defect
- Ventricular septal defect
- Atrioventricular septal defect
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Fontan patients
- Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
- Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve
- Extra-cardiac complications
- Chapter 12 Multisystem disorders
- Chapter 13 Cardiology in developing countries
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- Chapter 13 Cardiology in developing countries
- Burden of cardiovascular disease in developing countries
- Infectious disease and the heart
- Diphtheria
- HIV and the cardiovascular system
- Chagas’ disease
- Cardiovascular syphilis
- Tetanus
- Beriberi (thiamine deficiency)
- Keshan disease (selenium deficiency)
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF)
- Loeffler endocarditis
- Chapter 14 Heart disease in pregnancy
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- Chapter 14 Heart disease in pregnancy
- Basic principles
- Physiological changes in pregnancy
- Normal findings in pregnancy
- General considerations in pregnancy
- Pulmonary hypertension and pregnancy
- Marfan's syndrome and pregnancy
- Valvular heart disease in pregnancy
- Mitral stenosis and pregnancy
- Other valve lesions
- Mechanical heart valves in pregnancy
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmias in pregnancy
- Cardiac arrest in pregnancy
- Endocarditis prophylaxis
- Chapter 15 Major trials in cardiology
- Chapter 16 Eponymous syndromes
- Chapter 17 Cardiovascular emergencies
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- Chapter 17 Cardiovascular emergencies
- Adult basic life support
- Adult advanced life support
- Universal treatment algorithm
- Acute MI: thrombolysis protocol
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Treatment options in tachyarrhythmias
- Ventricular tachycardia: drugs
- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias
- Acute pulmonary oedema: assessment
- Pulmonary oedema: causes
- Pulmonary oedema: management
- Pulmonary oedema: specific conditions
- Acute aortic regurgitation
- Acute mitral regurgitation
- Deep vein thrombosis: assessment
- Deep vein thrombosis: management
- Pulmonary embolism (PE): assessment
- Pulmonary embolism: investigations
- Pulmonary embolism: management
- Fat embolism
- Hypertensive emergencies
- Hypertensive emergencies: management
- Drugs for hypertensive emergencies
- Hypertensive emergency with retinopathy (accelerated and malignant hypertension)
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Aortic dissection: assessment
- Aortic dissection: investigations
- Aortic dissection: management
- Acute pericarditis: assessment
- Acute pericarditis: management
- Cardiac tamponade: presentation
- Cardiac tamponade: management
- Chapter 18 Practical procedures
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- Chapter 18 Practical procedures
- Central line insertion
- Internal jugular vein cannulation
- Subclavian vein cannulation
- Pulmonary artery catheterization
- Indications for temporary pacing
- Temporary ventricular pacing
- Temporary atrial pacing
- A–V sequential pacing
- Temporary pacing: complications
- Pericardial aspiration
- DC cardioversion
- Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation
