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Clinical Examination in Cardiology

  • 3rd Edition - December 22, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: B. N. Vijay Raghawa Rao
  • Language: English

The third edition of this well-known text is inspired by the popularity of the previous editions among both students and practitioners. This book provides simple, lucid, and… Read more

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The third edition of this well-known text is inspired by the popularity of the previous editions among both students and practitioners. This book provides simple, lucid, and comprehensive description of basic anatomy and physiology of cardiovascular system, clinical cardiology, and basic bedside investigations in a single book.

Key features

New to this Edition
• Recent advances in cardiology have been included which will greatly help in bedside clinical decision making.
• Chapters on cardiovascular evaluation and principles of management of common heart diseases have been elaborated to include acute coronary syndromes which may serve as a ready reckoner and guide the residents and practitioners in their day-to-day management of cardiovascular diseases.
• Clinical presentation of bradyarrhythmias has been included in chapter of heart blocks along with diagnostic criteria, aetiology, and investigations, essential for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.
• Addition of evaluation and principles of management of hypertension provides current view of relevant clinical diagnosis and management.
• Addition of finest quality 50 new figures and graphs especially the ECGs and echocardiograms along with CCTs and CMRI scans to the already highly illustrated book.
• Synopsis of important conditions and syndromes have been provided as appendices in general physical examination chapter.

Salient Features
• Text is amply illustrated by relevant patients’ photographs, flowcharts, and tables which will be an asset to clinical decision making.
• Provides up-to-date reviews of relevant clinical and cardiological evaluation, examination, and assessment.
• Portraits of the stalwarts enabled to understand evidenced-based clinical cardiology comprehensively and scientifically.

Online Features
• Complimentary access to full e-book.
• 9 videos for better understanding and comprehension of clinical cardiology.
• 11 audios of cardiovascular auscultation to characterize heart sounds and murmurs.

Readership

Useful for PG students pursuing cardiology courses, internal medicine, paediatrics, practitioners

Table of contents

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SECTION I BASIC CARDIAC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

1 Anatomy of the Heart

2 Lymphatic System of the Heart

3 Venous Drainage of the Heart

4 Arterial Supply of the Heart

5 Nerve Supply of the Heart

6 Conduction System of the Heart

7 Ultrastructure of the Myocardium

8 Basic Electrophysiological Principles

9 Molecular Basis of Muscle Contraction

10 Cardiac Cycle and its Clinical Application
SECTION II CARDIOVASCULAR HISTORY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY

11 Cardinal Symptoms

12 Other Symptoms
SECTION III GENERAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

13 General Physical Examination

14 Arterial Pulse Evaluation 15 Blood Pressure Measurement and Hypertension—Evaluation and Principles of Management
SECTION IV JUGULAR VENOUS PULSE

16 Jugular Venous Pulse Waves

17 Venous Pressure Evaluation
SECTION V CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION

18 Inspection of the Precordium

19 Palpation of the Precordium

20 Percussion of the Precordium

21 Cardiovascular Auscultation

22 Cardiovascular Evaluation and Principles of Management of Common Heart Diseases
SECTION VI CLINICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

23 Introduction, Basic Anatomical Concepts, Electrophysiological Principles, Methods of Recording
and Electrocardiographic Grid

24 Normal Electrocardiogram and Its Variants

25 Abnormal P, T and U Waves

26 Ventricular Hypertrophy

27 Intraventricular Conduction Defects

28 Pericardial Diseases and Myocarditis

29 Drug Effects and Electrolytes Abnormalities

30 Myocardial Infarction and Ischaemia

31 Sinus Nodal Disturbances and Arrhythmias

32 Atrial Arrhythmias

33 AV Junctional Arrhythmias

34 Preexcitation Syndrome

35 Ventricular Arrhythmias

36 Tachycardia and Premature Beats

37 Heart Blocks and Bradyarrhythmias
SECTION VII RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF HEART AND GREAT VESSELS

38 Radiological Evaluation of Heart and Great Vessels-Introduction

39 Radiological Evaluation of Heart—Cardiac Position, Cardiac Size, Cardiac Contour and Cardiac Borders

40 Radiological Evaluation of Pulmonary Vasculature

41 Radiological Evaluation of Cardiac Calcification

42 Radiological Evaluation of Extracardiac Structures

43 CT Coronary Angiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 14, 2024
  • Language: English