Published: November 2010

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-0-7020-2817-5

SECTION 1 PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

1. Introduction to cardiac anatomy and physiology

2. Neuroendocrine Control of Cardiovascular Function: Physiology and Pharmacology

3. Cardiac responses to exercise and training

4. Cardiac Disease & Pathology

5. Pathophysiology of heart failure

6. Electrophysiology and arrhythmiogenesis

7. Pharmacology of drugs used to treat cardiovascular disease

SECTION 2: DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

8. Auscultation

9. Echocardiography

10. Ambulatory Electrocardiography & Heart rate variability

11. Exercise & Stress Testing

12. Biochemical Markers of cardiovascular disease

SECTION 3: CLINICAL PROBLEMS

13. Dysrhythmias: assessment and medical management

14. Arrhythmias: pacing and electrocardioversion

15. Cardiac Murmurs: Congenital Heart Disease

16. Cardiac Murmurs: Valvular regurgitation and insufficiency

17. Fever: endocarditis and pericarditis

18. Collapse and Syncope

19. Heart Failure

20. Cardiovascular emergencies associated with anaesthesia

21. Cardiovascular complications in the Intensive Care Patient