Clinical Cardiology Made Easy

Salient Features

the Book Presents the Fundamentals of Cardiology in a Simple Language.

Covers All Important Aspects of Cardiology.

Explains Treatment of Patients by Applying Clinical Approach.

Includes Well - Illustrated Diagrams, Clinical Photographs and Images to Aid in Easy Understanding.

Emphasis Has Been Laid on Indian Figures, Cases and Conditions.

Common Problems have Been Discussed with More Importance as Practitioners Face Them More Often than Rare Conditions

Table of Content

Ischemic Heart Disease

_x0083_ Angina Pectoris

_x0083_ Acute Coronary Syndromes

_x0083_ Acute Myocardial Infarction

Hypertension: the Silent Killer

_x0083_ Epidemiology

_x0083_ Definition

_x0083_ Etiology

_x0083_ Symptoms

_x0083_ Signs

_x0083_ Measurement of Blood Pressure

_x0083_ Laboratory Evaluation of Hypertension

_x0083_ Secondary Hypertension

_x0083_ Treatment

Heart Failure

_x0083_ Epidemiology

_x0083_ Causes

_x0083_ Pathophysiology

_x0083_ Neurohormonal Response to Low Cardiac Output

_x0083_ Symptoms

_x0083_ Signs

_x0083_ Investigations

_x0083_ Treatment of Heart Failure

Rheumatic Fever

_x0083_ Incidence

_x0083_ Genetics

_x0083_ Etiopathogenesis

_x0083_ Pathology

_x0083_ Clinical Features

_x0083_ Investigations

_x0083_ Management

Valvular Heart Disease

_x0083_ Clinical Pattern of Valvular Involvement XII Clinical Cardiology Made Easy Contents

Cardiac Arrhythmias

_x0083_ How is Heart Rate Controlled?

_x0083_ Disorders of Impulse Formation

_x0083_ Disorders of Impulse Conduction

Myocardial Diseases

_x0083_ Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

_x0083_ Management

_x0083_ Dilated Cardiomyopathy

_x0083_ Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy

_x0083_ Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Congenital Heart Disease

_x0083_ Atrial Septal Defect

_x0083_ Ventricular Septal Defect

_x0083_ Patent Ductus Arteriosus

_x0083_ Tetralogy of Fallot

_x0083_ Transposition of Great Arteries (Complete Transposition,

D - Transposition)

_x0083_ Corrected Transposition (L - Transposition)

_x0083_ Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (Tapvc)

_x0083_ Ebstein’S Anomaly

_x0083_ Eisenmenger Syndrome

Pregnancy and Heart Disease

_x0083_ Hemodynamics of Normal Pregnancy

_x0083_ Congenital Heart Disease

_x0083_ Systemic Hypertension During Pregnancy

Pericardial Disease

_x0083_ Pericarditis

_x0083_ Cardiac Tamponade

_x0083_ Differential Diagnosis

_x0083_ Prognosis

_x0083_ Treatment

_x0083_ Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis

Endocarditis

_x0083_ Changing Pattern

_x0083_ Pathogenesis and Pathology

_x0083_ Clinical Features

_x0083_ Diagnosis

_x0083_ Differential Diagnosis

_x0083_ Treatment

_x0083_ Prophylaxis Clinical Cardiology Made Easy Contents XIIi

Pulmonary Artery Diseases

_x0083_ Pulmonary Hypertension

_x0083_ Chronic Cor Pulmonale

_x0083_ Pulmonary Embolism

Miscellaneous Disorders

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Ecg Analysis

_x0083_ Normal Ecg