Clinical Cardiology

Cardiovascular ornbsp; Respiratory M1

The major objective of this lecture note is for the students to gain an understanding of the structure and function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems through lectures, laboratory exercises, patient presentation and small group conferences.

Author(s): University of Michigan

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Your Guide To A Healthy Heart

This guide covers the following topics: Heart Disease: Why Should You Care, What You Need To Know About Heart Disease, Major Risk Factors, Smoking, High Blood Pressure, High Blood Cholesterol, What Else Affects Heart Disease, Heart Health Is a Family Affair.

Author(s): U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, National Institutes Of Health

95 Pages

Cardiovascular by University of Michigan

This sequence provides a comprehensive introduction to diseases of the cardiovascular system, how they present, how they are diagnosed, how they are prevented, and how they are treated. Students learn to identify the integral links between anatomy, physiology, pathology, and basic sciences with clinical medicine and other essential aspects of patient care for ambulatory and hospitalized patients who have cardiovascular disorders.

Author(s): University of Michigan

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Coronary Artery Disease Assessment, Surgery, Prevention

Coronary artery atherosclerosis is the most common cardiac pathology, which is the primary cause of cardiac mortality. Coronary artery stenosis usually involves the proximal portion of the larger epicardial coronary arteries, but diffuse coronary artery disease is also not rare. Topics covered includes: Regadenoson, Noninvasive Imaging for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Invasive Imaging of Coronary Artery Disease, Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Plaque Vulnerability, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Surgical Treatment in Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease, Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction, Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease, Obesity and Heart Diseases, a Worsened Epidemic in Recent Decades, Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease through Diet.

Author(s): Kaan Kirali

312 Pages

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by WHO

This PDF covers the following topics related to Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease : The total risk approach to prevention of cardiovascular disease, Recommendations for prevention of cardiovascular disease, Basis of recommendations , Modification of behaviour, Psychosocial factors, Multiple risk factor interventions, Blood pressure lowering, Targets for blood pressure, Choice of initial drug therapy, Lipid lowering, Benefits, Risks, Monitoring of treatment, Cost-effectiveness, feasibility and resource implications of antihypertensive and statin therapy, Control of glycaemia, Aspirin therapy, Risks, Balance of risks and benefits, Fixed-dose combinations, Hormone therapy.

Author(s): World Health Organization

92 Pages

Abnormal Heart Rhythms

We know a lot of things about cardiac rhythms and their abnormalities, but there are some things that are still waiting to be discovered and, therefore, require more study. In this book, the authors put a little light on those matters, which are not well known yet. The authors have exposed some of such cardiac arrhythmias, especially those affecting the atria of the heart. Topics covered includes: Atrial Flutter- Diagnosis, Management and Treatment, Recent Advances in the Noninvasive Study of Atrial Conduction Defects Preceding Atrial Fibrillation, Clinical Significance of Arrhythmogenic Foci in Atrial Fibrillation, Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Review on Amiodarone as an Antiarrhythmic Drug.

Author(s): Francisco R. Breijo-Marquez

138 Pages

Clinical Cardiology

The opening chapters are devoted to a description of instrumental and graphic methods in the study and examination of normal and abnormal rhythms and of normal and abnormal silhouettes. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the purely clinical side of cardiology. Careful consideration is given to the important subjects of the pathology, etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of endocarditis, myocarditis, and cardiosclerosis.

Author(s): Selian Neuhof

374 Pages

Basic Hemodynamics (PDF 27P)

This note covers the following topics: Intracardiac pressures, Flow measurements and Vascular flow resistance.

Author(s): Miguel A. Quinones, MD, FACC Chairman, Department of Cardiology

27 Pages

Atherosclerosis

This note covers the following topics: Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Overview of Atherosclerosis, Etiology of Atherosclerosis, Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis, Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis, Patient Education in Atherosclerosis, Patient History, Physical Examination, Lipid Profile, Blood Glucose and Hemoglobin A1C, Ultrasonographic Examination, MRI and Scintigraphy, Treatment of Atherosclerosis and Drug Agents.

Author(s): F Brian Boudi

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Nephrosclerosis

This note covers the following topics related to Nephrosclerosis treatment and medication: Medical Care, Diuretics, ACE inhibitors, Renin inhibitors, Calcium channel blockers, Direct vasodilators, Central-acting alpha-2 agonists, Alpha-1 antagonists, Antihypertensives, Low-dose thiazides, ACE inhibitor and ARB combination therapy.

Author(s): Fernando C Fervenza

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Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

This note covers the following topics:Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention, Classification of Recommendations, Secondary Prevention Goals and Management, Women and Coronary Artery Disease.

Author(s): Tamam N Mohamad

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ECG Library

An electrocardiogram is an electrical recording of the heart and is used in the investigation of heart disease. This library is a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills. Topics coverd are: ischaemic heart disease, hypertrophy patterns, atrioventricular (AV) block, bundle branch block, supraventricular rhythms, ventricular rhythms, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome.

Author(s): Dean Jenkins and Stephen Gerred

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