Author(s) : Michael Crawford
Book Description:
Concise, clinically focused coverage of the major disease entities and therapeutic challenges in cardiology
- Covers all the important management issues in cardiology
- Includes special topics such as pregnancy and heart disease, the use of anticoagulants in heart disease, and the perioperative evaluation of heart disease patients
- Each chapter written by experts in the field
- Logically organized into six sections:
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmias, Valvular Disease, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure, and Systemic Diseases and the Heart
- Consistent chapter presentation includes Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Diagnostic Studies, Treatment, Prevention, and Prognosis
- More than 235 illustrations, including ECGs, imaging studies, drawings, graphs and charts
- NEW CHAPTER on Antiplatelet Therapy
- Emphasis on must-know information makes it perfect for board review
