Clinical Cardiology Made Easy

Salient Features
the Book Presents the Fundamentals of Cardiology in a Simple Language.
Covers All Important Aspects of Cardiology.
Explains Treatment of Patients by Applying Clinical Approach.
Includes Well - Illustrated Diagrams, Clinical Photographs and Images to Aid in Easy Understanding.
Emphasis Has Been Laid on Indian Figures, Cases and Conditions.
Common Problems have Been Discussed with More Importance as Practitioners Face Them More Often than Rare Conditions
Table of Content
Ischemic Heart Disease
ƒ Angina Pectoris
ƒ Acute Coronary Syndromes
ƒ Acute Myocardial Infarction
Hypertension: the Silent Killer
ƒ Epidemiology
ƒ Definition
ƒ Etiology
ƒ Symptoms
ƒ Signs
ƒ Measurement of Blood Pressure
ƒ Laboratory Evaluation of Hypertension
ƒ Secondary Hypertension
ƒ Treatment
Heart Failure
ƒ Epidemiology
ƒ Causes
ƒ Pathophysiology
ƒ Neurohormonal Response to Low Cardiac Output
ƒ Symptoms
ƒ Signs
ƒ Investigations
ƒ Treatment of Heart Failure
Rheumatic Fever
ƒ Incidence
ƒ Genetics
ƒ Etiopathogenesis
ƒ Pathology
ƒ Clinical Features
ƒ Investigations
ƒ Management
Valvular Heart Disease
ƒ Clinical Pattern of Valvular Involvement XII Clinical Cardiology Made Easy Contents
Cardiac Arrhythmias
ƒ How is Heart Rate Controlled?
ƒ Disorders of Impulse Formation
ƒ Disorders of Impulse Conduction
Myocardial Diseases
ƒ Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
ƒ Management
ƒ Dilated Cardiomyopathy
ƒ Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
ƒ Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Congenital Heart Disease
ƒ Atrial Septal Defect
ƒ Ventricular Septal Defect
ƒ Patent Ductus Arteriosus
ƒ Tetralogy of Fallot
ƒ Transposition of Great Arteries (Complete Transposition,
D - Transposition)
ƒ Corrected Transposition (L - Transposition)
ƒ Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (Tapvc)
ƒ Ebstein’S Anomaly
ƒ Eisenmenger Syndrome
Pregnancy and Heart Disease
ƒ Hemodynamics of Normal Pregnancy
ƒ Congenital Heart Disease
ƒ Systemic Hypertension During Pregnancy
Pericardial Disease
ƒ Pericarditis
ƒ Cardiac Tamponade
ƒ Differential Diagnosis
ƒ Prognosis
ƒ Treatment
ƒ Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis
Endocarditis
ƒ Changing Pattern
ƒ Pathogenesis and Pathology
ƒ Clinical Features
ƒ Diagnosis
ƒ Differential Diagnosis
ƒ Treatment
ƒ Prophylaxis Clinical Cardiology Made Easy Contents XIIi
Pulmonary Artery Diseases
ƒ Pulmonary Hypertension
ƒ Chronic Cor Pulmonale
ƒ Pulmonary Embolism
Miscellaneous Disorders
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Ecg Analysis
ƒ Normal Ecg