* Easy-use hints and tips - guide your recognition and treatment of dozens of acute cardiac problems * At-a-glance charts, checklists, tables and graphs-place key information at your fingertips * Helpful figures and photographs-provide instant clarification of complex information * Valuable "pearls"-conclude each chapter and highlight key points * Selected annotated bibliography-encourages evidence-based learning
* Easy-use hints and tips - guide your recognition and treatment of dozens of acute cardiac problems * At-a-glance charts, checklists, tables and graphs-place key information at your fingertips * Helpful figures and photographs-provide instant clarification of complex information * Valuable "pearls"-conclude each chapter and highlight key points * Selected annotated bibliography-encourages evidence-based learning
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Part One CARDIOLOGY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM 1 CHEST PAIN 2 DYSPNEA 3 SYNCOPE 4 EDEMA Part Two ACUTE SYNDROMES 5 ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS) 6 ARRHYTHMIA 7 CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE 8 SEVERE VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 9 AORTIC DISEASE 10 PERICARDIAL DISEASE 11 HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIES 12 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 13 CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND CARDIAC TUMOR 14 PREGNANCY AND HEART DISEASE Part Three CONSULTATIVE CARDIOLOGY 15 CARDIAC PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 16 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND FLUTTER 17 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS 18 STABLE ANGINA 19 LIPID MANAGEMENT 20 HYPERTENSION IN THE CLINIC 21 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 22 ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Part Four CARDIAC TECHNOLOGIES 23 EXERCISE STRESS TESTING ANDNUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY 24 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY BASICS 25 PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION 26 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION BASICS 27 AUTOMATIC INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP 28 PACEMAKER AND IMPLANTABLECARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR 29 VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT 30 THE CHEST X-RAY IN CARDIAC DISEASE 31 ECG PEARLS APPENDIX ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) 2001 INDEX
