Welcome to "Crash Course" the revision aid to get you the results you need. "Crash Course" is a complete revision guide designed specifically to save you time by providing everything you could be asked in the exam in one place! Each book in the series has been specially written either by senior medical students or junior doctors carefully supervised by faculty advisors to ensure that it exactly matches your needs by having been prepared by someone who has just been in the exam situation!Fully updated with improved layout, the first part of each volume covers a comprehensive series of common presentations while the second part addresses specific diseases and disorders. The third part of this book is given to a detailed exploration of the role of history, examination, and common investigations in the relevant speciality providing all of the facts you need to get things right! New features include: Learning Objectives at the start of each chapter, improved Hints and Tips boxes, Communication boxes and a completely revised self-assessment section tailored to the current exam formats. "Crash Course" an easier way to get through the exam!
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Part I: The Patient Presents With. 1. Chest pain 2. Dyspnoea 3. Syncope 4. Palpitations 5. Peripheral oedema 6. Heart murmur 7. High blood pressure 8. Fever associated With a cardiac symptom or sign Part II: Disease and Disorders 9. Angina pectoris 10. Acute myocardial infarction 11. Supraventricular tachyarrythmias 12. Ventricular tachyarrythmias 13. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation 14. Bradyarrythmias 15. Cardiac failure 16. The cardiomyopathies 17. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion 18. Valvular heart disease 19. Infective endocarditis 20. Hypertension 21. Congenital heart disease Part III: History, Examination, and Common Investigations 22. History 23. Examination 24. How to write a clerking 25. Common investigations Part IV: Self-Assessment
