Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with on the go. Their highly affordable price puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.
Common investigations (ECG, imaging) Clinical skills (patient examination) Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine)
Key Points
Breaks down a subject that students find complex and daunting, using clear images and concise but informative text Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science; then chapters devoted to common disorders that introduce the clinical essentials of cardiac practice Descriptions of common disorders are enhanced by clinical Scenarios (Patient presents with...), which help students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems
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Chapter 1 First principles |
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1.1 Cardiovascular anatomy |
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1.2 Development of the cardiovascular system |
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22 | (5) |
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1.3 Cardiovascular physiology |
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Chapter 2 Clinical essentials |
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2.2 Cardiovascular examination |
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103 | (21) |
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124 | (21) |
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2.4 Cardiovascular risk assessment |
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145 | (1) |
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2.5 Conservative management |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (15) |
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163 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Atherosclerosis |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (12) |
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183 | (2) |
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4.2 Essential hypertension |
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185 | (13) |
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4.3 Secondary hypertension |
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198 | (4) |
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4.4 Hypertensive emergencies |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (11) |
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5.3 Familial hypercholesterolemia |
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217 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 Coronary heart disease |
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221 | (4) |
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225 | (7) |
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6.3 Acute coronary syndromes |
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232 | (10) |
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6.4 Complications of myocardial infarction |
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242 | (5) |
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247 | (3) |
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7.2 Mechanisms of arrhythmia |
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250 | (6) |
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256 | (8) |
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264 | (11) |
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275 | (8) |
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283 | (4) |
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8.2 Chronic heart failure |
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287 | (15) |
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302 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Prevention of cardiovascular disease |
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305 | (8) |
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9.2 Secondary prevention/cardiac rehabilitation |
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313 | (2) |
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Paul Morris MBChB MRCP BMedSci
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Foundation Trust, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
David Warriner BSc MBChB MRCP DipSEM
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Allison Morton BMedSci MBChB PhD FRCP
Consultant Cardiologist, Heartcare Western Australia, Bunbury, WA, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
Paul Mayhew BSc
Medical Writer, Berlin, Germany
