Clinical Cases in Cardiology : A Guide to Learning and Practice /

This book presents and describes a series of informative clinical cases with the aim of providing the reader with a clear understanding of the most frequent and challenging scenarios that a cardiologist may face during daily clinical practice. All major topics in modern clinical cardiology are addre...

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Other Authors: Capucci, Alessandro, 1948- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Acute Ischemic Heart Disease
  • ST Elevation Related to the Site of Coronary Occlusion
  • Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)
  • II Mimicking Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Pericarditis
  • Intracranial Bleeding
  • Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
  • Early Repolarization Pattern
  • III Heart Failure and Resynchronization Therapy
  • Acute Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema
  • Chronic Heart Failure
  • Cardiogenic Shock
  • CRT and Possible Dysfunction
  • IV Cardiomyopathy
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)
  • V Valvular Heart Disease
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Mitral regurgitation
  • Prosthetic valve Dysfunctions
  • VI Rhythm Disorders: Tachyarrhytmias.-Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia
  • Supraventricular Reentrant Tachycardias
  • Atrial Fibrillation and Related Disorders
  • Atrial Flutter
  • VII Rhythm Disorders: Bradyarrhytmias
  • SA blocks
  • Atrioventricolar blocks
  • VIII Channelopathies
  • Brugada Syndrome
  • Long QT syndrome
  • Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. A challenging Case of “Epilepsy”
  • IX – Miscellanea
  • Sudden Cardiac Death
  • The Role of “Home Monitoring”
  • Drugs-related Adverse Events
  • EKG of difficult Interpretation: Small Clues May Make the Difference. The Role of the P Wave.