Cardiology is a rapidly changing and expanding field. Management protocols change regularly, new categories of treatment options are being discovered, and there is a new focus on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Pocket Consultant: Cardiology is a highly practical, user-friendly guide to this expanding field. Now in its fifth edition, this book has been highly praised for its readability, conciseness and clear illustrations, and is an indispensable guide for those dealing with common cardiological problems. The author, the current president of the British Cardiac Society, is internationally known in the field of clinical cardiology. This is an ideal book for the junior doctor who wants a quick, easily understandable guide to cardiology.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Cardiac Symptoms and Physical Signs.

2. Congenital heart disease.

3. Valve disease.

4. The Cardiomyopathies.

5. Coronary artery disease.

6. Cardiac Failure.

7. Disturbances of cardiac rhythm: Bradycardias, Pacing, the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), Biventricular pacing for heart failure.

8. Disturbances of cardiac rhythm: tachycardias and ablation.

9. Infective endocarditis.

10. Pericardial disease.

11. The heart and systemic disease.

12. Systemic hypertension.

13. Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism.

14. Diseases of the aorta.

15. Pregnancy and heart disease.

16. Cardiac investigations.

17. Echocardiography.

 

Appendices.

1 Nomogram for body size.

2 Rate conversion chart.

3 Further reading.

4 References of important trials or papers quoted in the text.

5 Useful addresses and hyperlinks.

6 Driving and Cardiovascular Disease in the UK.

7 List of abbreviations.

Index