Series Editors' Foreword |
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About the Series Editors |
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Preface |
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About the Authors |
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Glossary |
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Acknowledgements |
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Dedications |
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Chapter 1 First principles |
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Overview of the cardiovascular system |
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Development of the cardiovascular system |
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6 | (6) |
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12 | (9) |
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21 | (13) |
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Cardiac electrophysiology |
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34 | (11) |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (4) |
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Blood circulation: vascular haemodynamics |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (7) |
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Local and regional blood flow control |
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63 | (8) |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (11) |
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Chapter 2 Clinical essentials |
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85 | (1) |
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Common symptoms and how to take a history |
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85 | (16) |
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Common signs and how to examine a patient |
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101 | (18) |
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119 | (21) |
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140 | (33) |
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Chapter 3 Ischaemic heart disease |
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Case 1 Pain radiating across the chest and down the left arm |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (6) |
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185 | (6) |
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Complications of myocardial infarction |
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191 | (4) |
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195 | (4) |
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Case 2 Opportunistic blood pressure measurement |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (7) |
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206 | (2) |
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Hypertension in other groups |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (5) |
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Case 3 Lethargy and fainting |
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212 | (2) |
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Case 4 Postoperative shortness of breath and palpitations |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (6) |
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223 | (6) |
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229 | (6) |
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235 | (4) |
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Case 5 Breathlessness at night, ankle swelling and cough |
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236 | (3) |
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Case 6 Breathlessness on exertion, and ankle swelling |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (8) |
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249 | (4) |
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Chapter 7 Valvular heart disease |
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253 | (5) |
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Case 7 Chest pain on exertion |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (9) |
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267 | (7) |
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Right-sided valve disease |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (8) |
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Chapter 8 Congenital heart disease |
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285 | (3) |
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Case 9 A baby with failure to thrive and laboured breathing |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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Ventricular septal defect |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (3) |
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Transposition of the great arteries |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Peripheral vascular disease |
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299 | (5) |
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Case 10 A collapse on the street |
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300 | (2) |
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Case 11 Painful, cold left foot |
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302 | (2) |
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
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304 | (4) |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (3) |
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319 | (1) |
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Superficial thrombophlebitis |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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Subclavian or axillary vein thrombosis |
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322 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Inherited cardiac conditions |
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325 | (3) |
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Case 12 Cardiac arrest in a football player |
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326 | (2) |
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Inherited cardiomyopathies |
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328 | (4) |
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (2) |
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Other inherited cardiac conditions |
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336 | (5) |
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Chapter 11 Pericardial disease and tumours |
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341 | (2) |
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Case 13 Chest pain at work |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Cardiac emergencies |
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349 | (3) |
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Case 14 Collapse, no breathing and no pulse |
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350 | (1) |
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Case 15 Collapse, chest pain and tachycardia |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (2) |
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Acute myocardial infarction |
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354 | (2) |
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Narrow complex tachycardia |
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356 | (1) |
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Broad complex tachycardia |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (3) |
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Chapter 13 Integrated care |
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Case 16 Breathlessness 2 months after a heart attack |
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Up-titration of medication |
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365 | (1) |
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Management of chronic heart failure |
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Management of stable angina |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Self-assessment |
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373 | (11) |
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384 | (9) |
Index |
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