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Specialist Training in Cardiology Henry Purcell

Specialist Training in Cardiology By Henry Purcell

Specialist Training in Cardiology by Henry Purcell


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Summary

Written for doctors starting their career in cardiology (or in general internal medicine), this book presents an account of the subject focusing on diagnostic techniques, treatment and management. It uses radiographs, drawings, lists and tables, with an aim to provide a 'bridge' between introductory undergraduate texts and major reference works.

Specialist Training in Cardiology Summary

Specialist Training in Cardiology by Henry Purcell

This book is highly commended in the cardiology category, BMA Awards 2006! "Specialist Training in Cardiology" is written for those doctors starting their career in this specialty (or in general internal medicine). The text presents a succinct account of the subject concentrating on diagnostic techniques, treatment and management. Throughout, extensive use is made of radiographs, drawings, lists and tables. The aim is to provide a 'bridge' between introductory undergraduate texts and the very large and expensive major reference works. Wherever possible, evidence-based treatment options are given and referenced. A detailed list of further reading is also provided.

About Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell MB, PhD, is Senior Fellow in Cardiology at The Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He lectures widely and has published many peer-reviewed research papers and abstracts. He was a member of the British Cardiac Society Working Group producing guidelines on management of patients with acute coronary syndromes without peristent ECG ST segment elevation (2001). He is co-editor of the British Journal of Cardiology and on several editorial boards and has co-edited the text Specialist Training in Cardiology, published by Elsevier/Mosby. He is also a reviewer for many international journals in cardiovascular medicine.

Table of Contents

Cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Basic cardiac pathophysiology. Cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiac investigations. Echocardiography. Nuclear imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Cardiovascular disease markers. Management of stable ischaemic heart disease. Management of acute coronary syndromes. Valvular heart disease. Chronic heart failure. Cadiomyopathies. Electrophysiology and arrhythmias. Hypertension including hypertensive crisis. Grown-up congenital heart disease. Aortic dissection. Management of pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary hypertension. Pericardial disease. Cardiovascular co-morbidity with renal disease. Cerebrovascular disease and the cardiac patient. Endocrinological abnormalities in cardiovascular disease. Fitness to fly. Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation.

Additional information

GOR002379112
9780723433217
0723433216
Specialist Training in Cardiology by Henry Purcell
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Elsevier Health Sciences
2005-09-20
388
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