Main description:

For more than 30 years, The Secrets Series (R) has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Cardiology Secrets, 5th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style - making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

The Secrets Series (R) format gives you the most return for your time - concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective - now with an improved organization that makes information even easier than ever to find.

Written by global experts and thought leaders in cardiovascular disease.

Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice.

Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.

New dedicated sections on peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease, venous thromboembolic disease, and specific populations and conditions, plus a dedicated chapter on new direct oral anticoagulant agents.

New chapters added on hypercoagulability states, specific valvular lesions, sleep apnea and the heart, heart disease in women, cardio-oncology, cardiac arrest, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), carotid artery disease, and hemorrhagic stroke.

Several hundred illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams - 100+ are new!

Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Contents:

I. DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES

Cardiovascular Physical Diagnosis
Cardiac Murmurs and Heart Sounds
Electrocardiography (ECGs)
Chest X-ray
Exercise Stress Testing
Ambulatory ECG monitors
Echocardiography
Nuclear Cardiology
Cardiac PET
Cardiac MRI
Cardiac CT
Swan-Ganz Catheters and Cardiac Hemodynamics
Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, FFR, IVUS and OCT
II. CHEST PAINS, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

Chest Pain and Angina
Chronic Stable Angina
Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Cardiogenic Shock
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Stents
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
III. HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES

Myocarditis
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Diastolic Dysfunction (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure: Acute (In-hospital) Management
Heart Failure: Long Term Management
Heart Transplantation
IV. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Aortic Stenosis
Aortic Regurgitation
Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitral Stenosis
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis
V. ARRHYTHMIAS

Atrial Fibrillation
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Arrhythmias
Cardiac Pacing for Bradycardia, Atrioventricular Block, and Heart Failure
Implanatable Cardiac Defibrillators
Cardiac Arrest
VI. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION

Hypertension
Hyperlipidemia
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Smoking Cessation
Exercise and the Heart
VII. THE HEART IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS

Cardiac Manifestations of AIDS
Cardiac Manifestations of Rheumatologic Disorders
Cardio-Oncology
Cocaine and the Heart
Heart Disease in the Elderly
Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Heart Disease in Women
Sleep Apnea and the Heart
VIII. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Peripheral Arterial Disease
Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Dissection
Carotid Artery Disease
Ischemic Stroke
Hemorrhagic Stroke and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
IX. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE

DVT Prophylaxis and Treatment
Pulmonary Embolism
Hypercoagulability States
X. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN CARDIOLOGY

Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiac Tumors
Hypertensive Crisis
Oral Anticoagulation Therapy
Pericardits, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade
Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Risk
Pulmonary Hypertension
Syncope
Traumatic Heart Disease