Clinical Cases in Cardiology, 1st ed. 2015 A Guide to Learning and Practice

This book presents and describes a series of informative clinical cases with the aim of providing the reader with a clear understanding of the most frequent and challenging scenarios that a cardiologist may face during daily clinical practice. All major topics in modern clinical cardiology are addressed, including acute ischemic heart disease, conditions that mimic ischemic heart disease, heart failure and resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias and channelopathies. Guidance is provided on imaging techniques and their interpretation, patient management taking into account potential comorbidities and follow-up appropriate to the clinical circumstances. The paradigmatic clinical cases in this book will serve as a sound basis for learning for medical students, residents and others wishing to meet successfully the challenges posed by cardiac disease. In addition, the book will be a very useful reference for the more experienced cardiologist.

I. Acute Ischemic Heart Disease.- ST Elevation Related to the Site of Coronary Occlusion.- Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI).- II Mimicking Ischemic Heart Disease.- Pericarditis.- Intracranial Bleeding.- Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy.- Early Repolarization Pattern.- III Heart Failure and Resynchronization Therapy.- Acute Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema.- Chronic Heart Failure.- Cardiogenic Shock.- CRT and Possible Dysfunction.- IV Cardiomyopathy.- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Cardiac Amyloidosis.- Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy.- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD).- V Valvular Heart Disease.- Aortic stenosis.- Mitral regurgitation.- Prosthetic valve Dysfunctions.- VI Rhythm Disorders: Tachyarrhytmias.-Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia.- Supraventricular Reentrant Tachycardias.- Atrial Fibrillation and Related Disorders.- Atrial Flutter.- VII Rhythm Disorders: Bradyarrhytmias.- SA blocks.- Atrioventricolar blocks.- VIII Channelopathies.- Brugada Syndrome.- Long QT syndrome.- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. A challenging Case of “Epilepsy”.- IX – Miscellanea.- Sudden Cardiac Death.- The Role of “Home Monitoring”.- Drugs-related Adverse Events.- EKG of difficult Interpretation: Small Clues May Make the Difference. The Role of the P Wave.