Cardiological Society of India Cardiology Update 2018

This book focuses on CSI cardiology update 2018. Cardiology is a medical specialty and a branch of internal medicine concerned with diseases of the heart. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and valvular heart disease. This book consists of 24 sections that include coronary artery disease risk factors, lipids and diet, diabetes and heart, hypertension, chronic coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, dual antiplatelet therapy, coronary intervention, intervention in structural heart disease, cardiac imaging, cardiovascular pharmacology, heart failure, syncope, atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, cardiac implantable electronic devices, cardiac surgery, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, women and heart disease, systemic diseases and heart, emerging issues in cardiology, and miscellaneous, which are further divided into 154 chapters. This edition of Cardiology Update – 2018 attempts to bring into sharp focus these very controversial yet relevant topics, with views from Indian experts that define approaches and color practices in our sphere of life. This book is useful not only for residents in training, but also for general physicians and general cardiologists as well as for interventional cardiologists and electrophysiologists.