Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular by University of Michigan

This sequence provides a comprehensive introduction to diseases of the cardiovascular system, how they present, how they are diagnosed, how they are prevented, and how they are treated. Students learn to identify the integral links between anatomy, physiology, pathology, and basic sciences with clinical medicine and other essential aspects of patient care for ambulatory and hospitalized patients who have cardiovascular disorders.

Author(s): University of Michigan

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Coronary Artery Disease Assessment, Surgery, Prevention

Coronary artery atherosclerosis is the most common cardiac pathology, which is the primary cause of cardiac mortality. Coronary artery stenosis usually involves the proximal portion of the larger epicardial coronary arteries, but diffuse coronary artery disease is also not rare. Topics covered includes: Regadenoson, Noninvasive Imaging for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Invasive Imaging of Coronary Artery Disease, Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Plaque Vulnerability, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Surgical Treatment in Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease, Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction, Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease, Obesity and Heart Diseases, a Worsened Epidemic in Recent Decades, Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease through Diet.

Author(s): Kaan Kirali

312 Pages

Chronic Heart Failure National Clinical Guideline for Diagnosis and Management in Primary and Secondary Care

This book offers the best practice advice on the care of adult patients (aged 18 years or older) who have symptoms or a diagnosis of chronic heart failure. It defined the most effective combination of symptoms, signs and investigations required to establish a diagnosis of heart failure, and those which would influence therapy or provide important prognostic information.

Author(s): National Center for Biotechnology Information

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Clinical Cardiology

The opening chapters are devoted to a description of instrumental and graphic methods in the study and examination of normal and abnormal rhythms and of normal and abnormal silhouettes. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the purely clinical side of cardiology. Careful consideration is given to the important subjects of the pathology, etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of endocarditis, myocarditis, and cardiosclerosis.

Author(s): Selian Neuhof

374 Pages

Hypertension, Malignant

This note covers the following topics: Hypertensive Emergencies, Accelerated hypertension and hypertensive urgency, Patient education, Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis workup for Malignant Hypertension, Medical Management, Surgical Therapy and Prognosis and Prevention.

Author(s): John D Bisognano

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Macroaneurysm

This note covers the following topics: Prognosis, Vascular Signs and Sites of Occurrence, Differential Diagnosis, Laboratory, Imaging, and Histologic Studies, Fluorescein Angiography, Laser Treatment, Surgical Evacuation.

Author(s): Edward Chaum

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Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

This note covers the following topics:Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention, Classification of Recommendations, Secondary Prevention Goals and Management, Women and Coronary Artery Disease.

Author(s): Tamam N Mohamad

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Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease

This note covers the following topics: Risk Factor Biomarkers, Conventional Risk Factors, Modifiable Risk Factors, Nontraditional or Novel Risk Factors, Identifying Coronary Artery Disease and Risk Assessment Guidelines.

Author(s): F Brian Boudi

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ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

This note explains the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the heart and circulatory system, as well as related molecular and cell biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and controlled trials.

Author(s): Fabrizio D ascenz, Christian Delles, Michel Noutsias, Johanna Takkenberg and Gillian Whalley

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ECG Library

An electrocardiogram is an electrical recording of the heart and is used in the investigation of heart disease. This library is a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills. Topics coverd are: ischaemic heart disease, hypertrophy patterns, atrioventricular (AV) block, bundle branch block, supraventricular rhythms, ventricular rhythms, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome.

Author(s): Dean Jenkins and Stephen Gerred

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Manual Pratico de Hipertension Arterial

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Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book

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