Crash Course Cardiology
For UKMLA and Medical Exams
- 6th Edition - February 1, 2024
- Authors: Jasmine Shen, Thomas Foster
- Editors: Philip Xiu, David E Newby
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 3 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 6 1 - 6
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A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated with a full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the UKMLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of cardiology will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
Crash Course Cardiology: For UKMLA and Medical Exams, Sixth Edition comprehensively covers cardiology in the medical curriculum, integrating new developments and treatment guidelines. Notably, heart failure management and new guidelines on hypertension, DVLA driving, and adult life support/resuscitation have been incorporated into the content. A new chapter on vascular disease has been introduced, covering aortic, pulmonary, mesenteric, and peripheral vascular conditions, acknowledging their overlap with cardiac disease presentations
- Fully aligned to UKMLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
- Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors - ensures complete accuracy of information
- Features the ever popular 'Hints and Tips' boxes and other useful aide-mémoires - distilled wisdom from those in the know
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
- Cover image
- Author edition
- Title page
- Copyright
- Series editor’s foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgement
- Series editor’s acknowledgement
- Rapid UKMLA Index
- Contents
- Section 1 The Basics
- 1 Cardiac anatomy, physiology and development
- Why do we need a cardiovascular system?
- Functions of the cardiovascular system
- Anatomy of the heart and great vessels
- Overview of the heart and circulation
- The mediastinum
- The external structure of the heart
- The internal structure of the heart
- Coronary arteries
- Coronary veins
- Great vessels
- Tissue layers of the heart and pericardium
- Pericardium
- Heart
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
- Endocardium
- Heart valves
- Cardiac myocytes
- Ultrastructure of the typical cardiomyocyte
- Development of the heart and great vessels
- Development of the vasculature
- Circulatory adaptations at birth
- 2 The cardiac cycle, control of cardiac output and haemodynamic regulation
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- The cardiac cycle
- Control of cardiac output
- Haemodynamics and vascular function
- Integrated control of the cardiovascular system and cardiovascular reflexes
- 3 ECG interpretation
- The electrocardiogram
- Presenting an ECG
- 4 Other cardiac investigations
- Common cardiac blood tests
- Exercise ECG
- Echocardiography
- Computed tomography coronary angiography
- Cardiac magnetic resonance
- Cardiac catheterization
- Radionuclide imaging
- Section 2 Presenting complaints
- 5 History and examination of the cardiovascular system
- History
- Clinical examination
- Cardiovascular examination summary
- 6 Chest pain
- Differential diagnosis
- History
- Examination
- Investigations
- New onset central chest pain at rest in an ill patient
- 7 Breathlessness and peripheral oedema
- Differential diagnosis
- History
- Examination
- Investigation
- Recent onset dyspnoea at rest in an ill patient
- 8 Palpitations
- Differential diagnosis
- History
- Examination
- Investigations
- Palpitations in the unwell patient
- 9 Syncope
- Differential diagnosis of syncope
- History
- Examination
- Investigations
- Reflex (neurally mediated) syncope
- Syncope of recent onset in the unwell patient
- Driving regulations in syncopal patients
- 10 Heart murmurs
- Differential diagnosis
- History
- Examination
- Investigations
- Presenting your findings
- Section 3 Clinical conditions
- 11 Atherosclerosis and its risk factors
- Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
- Classification of ischaemic heart disease
- Risk factors for atherosclerosis
- Risk prediction and primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease
- Lipids and the cardiovascular system
- Hypertension
- 12 Stable angina and acute coronary syndromes
- Stable angina
- Acute coronary syndromes
- 13 Heart failure
- Pathophysiology of heart failure
- Clinical features
- Investigations
- Management
- 14 Arrhythmias
- Bradyarrhythmias
- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias
- Ventricular arrhythmias
- Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Algorithms for management of arrhythmias
- Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
- 15 Valvular disease
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral regurgitation
- Tricuspid disease
- Pulmonary disease
- Assessing the severity of a valve lesion
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Infective endocarditis
- 16 Diseases of the myocardium and pericardium
- Diseases of the myocardium
- Diseases of the pericardium
- 17 Congenital heart disease
- Causes of congenital heart disease
- Complications of congenital heart disease
- Pregnancy risk assessment
- Congenital defects with left-to-right shunts
- Congenital defects with right-to-left shunts
- Obstructive congenital defects
- Other lesions in congenital heart disease
- 18 Vascular disease
- Arterial disease
- Venous disease
- Self-Assessment
- UKMLA High Yield Association Table
- UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
- UKMLA SBA Answers
- OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: February 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443115349
- eBook ISBN: 9780443118616
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Philip Xiu
Philip Xiu a GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UKDN
David E Newby
Affiliations and expertise
British Heart Foundation John Wheatley Chair of Cardiology, University of Edinburgh, UKJS
Jasmine Shen
Affiliations and expertise
Junior Doctor, Edinburgh, UKTF
Thomas Foster
Affiliations and expertise
Junior Doctor, Edinburgh, UK