Bedside Cardiology (2^nd Ed.)

This book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases and disorders.

Presented in a step by step approach covering patient history, signs and symptoms, examination and investigation, diagnosis, and treatment methods, each chapter covers a different cardiac condition.

The second edition has been fully revised and new topics added to provide clinicians with the latest advances in the field.

The comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 200 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables to assist learning.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases and disorders
• Fully revised, second edition with new topics added
• Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
• Previous edition (9789350259856) published in 2012

1. Bedside Cardiology: Is it Evidence-based?
2. Functional Classification
3. A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Cardiovascular System
4. A Triad: Minor Symptoms in Cardiovascular System
5. A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Left-to-Right Shunt
6. A Triad: Cardinal Symptoms in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
7. Syndrome and Measurements
8. Clinical Instruments
9. A Triad: Cardinal Signs in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
10. Jugular Venous Pulse
11. Arterial Pulse
12. Blood Pressure
13. Precordium: Inspection, Palpation, and Percussion
14. First Heart Sound
15. Second Heart Sound
16. Third Heart Sound
17. Fourth Heart Sound
18. Ejection Sound
19. Nonejection Sound
20. Murmur
21. Continuous Murmur
22. Innocent Murmur and Sound
23. Dynamic Auscultation
24. Clinical Assessment: Congestion and Perfusion
25. Clinical Assessment: Pulmonary Hypertension
26. Segmental Approach in Congenital Heart Disease
27. Clinical Approach: Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
28. Clinical Approach: Tetralogy Physiology
29. Clinical Approach: Left-to-Right Shunt and Eisenmenger Physiology

Achyut Sarkar MD DM (Cardiology) FACC
Professor of Cardiology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) Kolkata; Visiting Cardiologist in BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India