THE TEXT :
- A comprehensive, contemporary view of every area of cardiovascular medicine—preventive cardiology; clinical cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; electrophysiology and pacing; invasive cardiology and surgical techniques; heart failure and transplantation; molecular cardiology; and vascular biology and medicine
- Focus on clinical material, particularly the application of clinical research to practice
- Each chapter includes comments on current controversies and pioneering insights into future developments
* Heart sounds—aortic ejection click; aortic ejection click and ejection murmur; aortic insufficiency and stenosis; aortic valve insufficiency; aortic valve sclerosis; ball-and-cage mechanical valve; coarctation of aorta; fixed left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; left ventricular assist device; left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in severe hypertensive heart disease; mitral regurgitation; moderate valvular aortic stenosis; moderate mitral stenosis; moderately severe valvular aortic stenosis; normal; prosthetic mechanical aortic valve; pulmonic valve stenosis; ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm; S3; S4; severe mitral stenosis; severe valvular aortic stenosis; subpulmonic stenosis; supravalvular pulmonic stenosis; tetralogy of Fallot; and tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation
* Image, chart, and table bank
* Videos of procedures—catheterization, CT/MRI, echocardiography, electrophysiology and pacing, intravascular ultrasonography, nuclear cardiology, and surgery
Fully searchable
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* Heart sounds (see DVD feature for listing)
* Image, chart, and table bank downloadable to PowerPoint
* Questions and answers from Griffin, Rimmerman and Topol's The Cleveland Clinic
Cardiology Board Review
* PDA download of key facts on most prescribed cardiology drugs—trade name, generic
name, indications, contraindications, dosage, and other prescribing information
* Quarterly articles from Critical Pathways
in Cardiology
* Links to other cardiology Websites