Crash Course Cardiology
  1. 258 pages
  2. English
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About this book

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Yes, you can access Crash Course Cardiology by Thomas Foster,Jasmine Shen, Shreelata T Datta, Philip Xiu, Shreelata T Datta,Philip Xiu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Cardiology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780702073588
Edition
5
Subtopic
Cardiology

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Series editors’ foreword
  6. Prefaces
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Series editors’ acknowledgements
  9. 1: Cardiac anatomy, physiology and development
  10. 2: The cardiac cycle, control of cardiac output and haemodynamic regulation
  11. 3: ECG interpretation
  12. 4: Other common investigations
  13. 5: History and examination of the cardiovascular system
  14. 6: Chest pain
  15. 7: Breathlessness and peripheral oedema
  16. 8: Palpitation
  17. 9: Syncope
  18. 10: Heart murmurs
  19. 11: Atherosclerosis
  20. 12: Risk factors
  21. 13: Stable angina and acute coronary syndromes
  22. 14: Heart failure
  23. 15: Arrhythmias
  24. 16: Valvular disease
  25. 17: Diseases of the myocardium and pericardium
  26. 18: Congenital heart disease
  27. Single best answer (SBA) questions
  28. Extended-matching questions (EMQs)
  29. SBA answers
  30. EMQ answers
  31. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) stations
  32. Glossary
  33. Index