This is a new book in the "In Focus" series covering a major clinical specialty. The text covers the whole spectrum of cardiac disease in the concise text and illustration format of this series. The text is illustrated by a range of photographs including all major investigational procedures used in the specialty, as well as high quality clinical photographs and pathology specimens. The book ends with a range of picture-based self-assessment questions with full accompanying descriptive answers.
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1. Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease 2. Coronary Heart Disease Syndromes 3. Coronary Heart Disease Syndromes: Angina Pectoris 4. Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTEACS) 5. Variant/Prinzmetal's Angina 6. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) 7. Acute Heart Failure 8. Chronic Heart Failure 9. Dilated Cardiomyopathy 10. Myocarditis/Restrictive Cardiomyopathy 11. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 12. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy 13. Aortic Stenosis 14. Aortic Regurgitation 15. Mitral Regurgitation 16. Mitral Stenosis 17. Infective Endocarditis 18. Pericarditis/Pericardial Effusion 19. Constrictive Pericarditis 20. Premature Beats (Extrasystoles) 21. Atrial Fibrillation 22. Atrial Flutter 23. Junctional Tachycardia (AVNRT/AVRT) 24. Ventricular Tachycardia 25. Sudden Cardiac Death 26. Cardiac Syncope 27. Pacemakers 28. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) 29. Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) 30. Pulmonary Stenosis/Peripheral Pulmonic Stenosis 31. Coarctation of the Aorta 32. Patent Ductus Arteriosus/Sinus of Valsalva Fistula 33. Eisenmenger's Syndrome 34. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm/Aortitis 35. Aortic Dissection 36. Pulmonary Embolism 37. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 38. Cardiac Tumours Questions Answers Index
