Pai / Varadarajan Cardiology Board Review

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-118-69901-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 592 Seiten, E-Book

This compact but comprehensive board review includes everything you need to successfully prepare for the ABIM Cardiology Board Review examination.

* Features over 1200 questions with answers and clear explanations

* Includes over 400 accompanying images

* Covers all key areas of cardiology practice, from history/physicial examination through all major diseases/disorders, along with special topics, e.g. consultative cardiology, covered on the exam

* Complements standard textbook reading

* Written by an internationally-recognized, well-respected and well-published senior cardiologist, expert in valvular heart disease and cardiovascular imaging

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pai, Ramdas G.

Varadarajan, Padmini

Pai, Sudha M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

1 History and Physical Examination 1
Ramdas G. Pai

2 Electrocardiography 13
Ramdas G. Pai and SudhaM. Pai

3 Chest X-Ray in Cardiology 5
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

4 Stress Testing and Risk Stratification of Asymptomatic Subjects 80
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

5 Echocardiography 95
Ramdas G. Pai and Padmini Varadarajan

6 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 150
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

7 Cardiac Computed Tomography 172
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8 Cardiac Catheterization 199
Prabhdeep S. Sethi

9 Acute Coronary Syndromes 210
Ramdas G. Pai

10 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease 229
Padmini Varadarajan

11 Heart Failure, Transplant, Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Pulmonary Hypertension 245
Ramdas G. Pai

12 Cardiomyopathies 270
Ramdas G. Pai and Padmini Varadarajan

13 Hypertension 288
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

14 Diabetes Mellitus 298
Padmini Varadarajan

15 Lipids 305
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

16 Valvular Heart Disease 318
Ramdas G. Pai

17 Adult Congenital Heart Disease 351
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

18 Pericardial Disea ses 376
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19 Aortic Diseases 385
Ahmed Shafter and AshishMukherjee

20 Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease 403
Prabhdeep S. Sethi

21 Peripheral Vascular Disease 416
Ahmed Shafter and AshishMukherjee

22 Cardiac Arrhythmias 435
SudhaM. Pai

23 Pacemakers and Defibrillators 463
SudhaM. Pai

24 Cardiac Masses 468
Padmini Varadarajan

25 Systemic Disorders Affecting the Heart 501
Ramdas G. Pai

26 Interdisciplinary Consultative Cardiology 505
Ramdas G. Pai

27 Heart Disease and Pregnancy 515
Padmini Varadarajan and Ramdas G. Pai

28 Racial and Gender Disparities 521
SudhaM. Pai and Ramdas G. Pai

29 Pharmacological Principles of Cardiac Drugs 524
Christopher Hauschild and Lily Yam

30 Anticoagulation 535
Padmini Varadarajan

31 Aspirin and Antiplatelet Therapy 547
Christopher Hauschild and Lily Yam

32 Statistical Concepts 553
Ramdas G. Pai

33 Genetics 562
Padmini Varadarajan

34 Cardiac Emergencies and Resuscitation 565
Ramdas G. Pai

Index 571

Über Autor(innen)

Ramdas G. Pai MD, FRCP (Edin), FACC, Professor and Chairman of Medicine, Chair of Clinical Sciences, Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, USA

Padmini Varadarajan MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA

Sudha M. Pai MD, MRCP (UK), FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA