Main description:

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with 'on the go'. Their highly affordable price puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.

Common investigations (ECG, imaging)
Clinical skills (patient examination)
Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine)

Key Points

Breaks down a subject that students find complex and daunting, using clear images and concise but informative text
Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science; then chapters devoted to common disorders that introduce the clinical essentials of cardiac practice
Descriptions of common disorders are enhanced by clinical Scenarios ('Patient presents with...'), which help students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems

Contents:

Ch 01 First principles

Ch 02 Clinical essentials

Ch 03 Atherosclerosis

Ch 04 Hypertension

Ch 05 Hyperlipidaemia

Ch 06 Arrhythmias

Ch 07 Ischaemic heart disease

Ch 08 Heart failure

Ch 09 Prevention of cardiovascular disease