Front Cover; Crash Course: Cardiology; Copyright; Series editor foreword; Prefaces; Authors; Faculty Advisor; Contents; Chapter 1: History; Aim of history taking; Presenting complaint; Chest pain; Dyspnoea; Syncope; Palpitations; Ankle swelling; Systems review; Respiratory system; Cough; Sputum; Haemoptysis; Wheeze; Gastrointestinal system; Appetite; Weight loss or gain; Nausea and vomiting; Indigestion; Diarrhoea and constipation; Central nervous system; Headache; Weakness, sensory loss, visual or speech disturbance; Skin and joints; Rashes; Joint pain; Genitourinary system; Proteinuria. HaematuriaFrequency, hesitancy, nocturia and terminal dribbling; Impotence and failure of ejaculation; Past medical history; Family history; Social history; Drug history; Allergies; Presenting history findings; Chapter 2: Examination; How to begin the examination; Observation; Examination of the hands; Examination of the pulse; Taking the blood pressure; Examination of the face; Examination of the jugular venous pressure; Kussmaul sign; Examination of the praecordium; Inspection; Palpation; Auscultation; Finishing off the examination; Presenting your findings. Chapter 3: How to write a clerkingDocumentation of the history; Systems review; Risk calculation; Documentation of the examination findings; At the end of the clerking; Further reading; Sample medical clerking; Chapter 4: Common investigations; Electrocardiography; Lead placement; Limb leads; Chest leads; 12-lead electrocardiogram; Leads I, II and III; AVR, AVL and AVF; Chest leads; QRS axis; Paper speed; P wave; QRS complex; ST segment; T wave; QT interval; Q waves; U wave; Reporting an electrocardiogram; Exercise electrocardiography; Indications for exercise testing; Methods of exercise. Patient preparationVariables measured; 12-lead electrocardiogram; Blood pressure; Heart rate response; Test end-points; Positive exercise test; Contraindications to exercise testing; Echocardiography; M mode echocardiography; Two-dimensional echocardiography; Doppler echocardiography; Other echocardiography modalities; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Stress echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Methods of stressing the heart; Multigated acquisition scanning; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Positron emission tomography; Cardiac catheterization; Technique. Left heart catheterization and coronary angiographyIndications; Patient preparation; Left ventriculography; Coronary angiography; Complications of coronary angiography; Cardiac computed tomography; Chapter 5: Chest pain; Differential diagnosis of chest pain; History to focus on the differential diagnosis of chest pain; Presenting complaint; Past medical history; Drug history, family history and social history; Examination of patients who have chest pain; Inspection; Cardiovascular system; Respiratory system; Gastrointestinal system; Investigation of patients who have chest pain; Blood tests.
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