Oxford Desk Reference: Cardiology

9780199568093

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  • Author/s: Tse, Hung-Fat; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; Coats, Andrew J.S.
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780199568093
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 464 pages
  • Publication date: 30 June 2011
  • Dimensions: 172mm (Width), 250mm (Height), 29mm (Spine width)
  • Weight: 1090g

Overview

This book is an essential tool for the management of patients with cardiovascular disease, containing an evidence-based collection of all the key clinical guidelines and literature a practising cardiologist needs to know. The quick-reference format allows the reader to find and absorb information as quickly as possible.

Full Details

This comprehensive reference provides easy access to information on the fundamental and practical aspects of modern cardiological practice, covering emerging fields and high technology, and dispensing practical clinical wisdom. Written in an approachable style, and using a quick-reference layout, the Oxford Desk Reference is perfect for the busy clinician requiring a diversity of information without the time to search through hundreds of sources. There are tables, summary boxes and algorithms throughout the book, allowing the reader access to key information and the most up-to-date treatment and management guidelines. Edited by leading names in the field from the UK, Australia and Hong Kong, and with contributions from an international panel of sub-speciality experts, this outstanding resource covers all that a 21st century clinician needs to know in the management of patients with cardiac diseases.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Clinical Presentations
3. Cardiac Arrhythmias
4. Hypertension
5. Ischaemic heart disease
6. Heart failure
7. Valvular heart diseases
8. Pulmonary vascular diseases
9. Pericardial diseases
10. Peripheral vascular diseases
11. Cardiac consultations and emergencies
12. Others