Crash Course: Cardiology
- 3rd Edition - July 10, 2008
- Latest edition
- Authors: Ajay Jain, Matthew Ginks
- Editors: Adam Timmis, Daniel Horton-Szar
- Language: English
Welcome to Crash Course – THE revision aid to get you the results you need!!Crash Course is a complete revision guide designed specifically to save you time by providing everyth… Read more
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Description
Description
Welcome to Crash Course – THE revision aid to get you the results you need!!
Crash Course is a complete revision guide designed specifically to save you time by providing everything you could be asked in the exam in one place!
Each book in the series has been specially written either by senior medical students or junior doctors – carefully supervised by faculty advisors – to ensure that it exactly matches your needs by having been prepared by someone who has just been in the exam situation!
Fully updated with improved layout, the first part of each volume covers a comprehensive series of common presentations while the second part addresses specific diseases and disorders. The third part of the book is given to a detailed exploration of the role of history, examination, and common investigations in the relevant speciality providing all of the facts you need to get things right!
New features include ‘Learning Objectives’ at the start of each chapter, improved ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, ‘Communication’ boxes and a completely revised self-assessment section tailored to the current exam formats!
Crash Course – an easier way to get through the exam!
Crash Course is a complete revision guide designed specifically to save you time by providing everything you could be asked in the exam in one place!
Each book in the series has been specially written either by senior medical students or junior doctors – carefully supervised by faculty advisors – to ensure that it exactly matches your needs by having been prepared by someone who has just been in the exam situation!
Fully updated with improved layout, the first part of each volume covers a comprehensive series of common presentations while the second part addresses specific diseases and disorders. The third part of the book is given to a detailed exploration of the role of history, examination, and common investigations in the relevant speciality providing all of the facts you need to get things right!
New features include ‘Learning Objectives’ at the start of each chapter, improved ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, ‘Communication’ boxes and a completely revised self-assessment section tailored to the current exam formats!
Crash Course – an easier way to get through the exam!
Key features
Key features
- Provides the exam syllabus in one place!
- Written by senior medical students or junior doctors – authors WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND today’s exam situation!
- Senior Faculty Advisors ensure complete accuracy of the text!
- Full artwork programme, improved ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, and ‘Communication’ boxes help you remember the key points!
- Self-Assessment section – fully updated to reflect new curriculum requirements – helps you maximise your grade!
- Solid, accurate, user-friendly coverage provides enough detail even for those aiming at distinction!
Readership
Readership
Undergraduate medical students – revision aid
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part I: The Patient Presents With…
1. Chest pain
2. Dyspnoea
3. Syncope
4. Palpitations
5. Peripheral oedema
6. Heart murmur
7. High blood pressure
8. Fever associated With a cardiac symptom or sign
Part II: Disease and Disorders
9. Angina pectoris
10. Acute myocardial infarction
11. Supraventricular tachyarrythmias
12. Ventricular tachyarrythmias
13. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
14. Bradyarrythmias
15. Cardiac failure
16. The cardiomyopathies
17. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion
18. Valvular heart disease
19. Infective endocarditis
20. Hypertension
21. Congenital heart disease
Part III: History, Examination,
and Common Investigations
22. History
23. Examination
24. How to write a clerking
25. Common investigations
Part IV: Self-Assessment
1. Chest pain
2. Dyspnoea
3. Syncope
4. Palpitations
5. Peripheral oedema
6. Heart murmur
7. High blood pressure
8. Fever associated With a cardiac symptom or sign
Part II: Disease and Disorders
9. Angina pectoris
10. Acute myocardial infarction
11. Supraventricular tachyarrythmias
12. Ventricular tachyarrythmias
13. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
14. Bradyarrythmias
15. Cardiac failure
16. The cardiomyopathies
17. Pericarditis and pericardial effusion
18. Valvular heart disease
19. Infective endocarditis
20. Hypertension
21. Congenital heart disease
Part III: History, Examination,
and Common Investigations
22. History
23. Examination
24. How to write a clerking
25. Common investigations
Part IV: Self-Assessment
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: July 10, 2008
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
AT
Adam Timmis
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Cardiologist, London Chest Hospital, London, UKDH
Daniel Horton-Szar
Affiliations and expertise
Northgate Medical Practice, Canterbury, Kent, UKAbout the authors
About the authors
AJ
Ajay Jain
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar, London Chest Hospital, London, UKMG
Matthew Ginks
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow & SpR in Cardiology, Division of Imaging Sciences & Department of Cardiology, KCL and GST NHS Trust, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK