100 QUESTIONS IN CARDIOLOGY

100 Questions in Cardiology Diana Holdright BMJ Books ...

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Edited by Diana Holdright Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, UCL Hospitals, London, UK and Hugh Montgomery Honor ...

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Contents Contributors xii Introduction xvii 1 What are the cardiovascular risks of hypertension? 1 2 Is 24 hour blood pressure m ...

17 Who should have a thallium scan? How does it compare with standard exercise tests in determining risk? 31 18 What are hiberna ...

33 What is the risk of a patient dying or having a myocardial infarction around the time of surgery for coronary artery disease ...

50 What is the role of permanent pacing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? 105 51 How do I investigate the relative of a patient wi ...

66 What drugs should I use for chemically cardioverting atrial fibrillation and when is DC cardioversion preferable? 139 67 How ...

82 How do I treat torsades de pointes at a cardiac arrest? 173 83 How do I assess the patient with long QT? Should I screen rela ...

100 Which patients should undergo preoperative non-invasive investigations or coronary angiography? 210 101 Which factors predic ...

Contributors PPrriitthhwwiisshh BBaanneerrjjeeee Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals, Hull Roy ...

SSeeaammuuss CCuulllleenn Senior Lecturer, Department of Grown Up Congenital Cardiology, UCL Hospitals, The Middlesex Hospital, ...

RRaacchhaaeell JJaammeess Cardiology SpR, The Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton, Brighton, UK RRooyy MM JJoohhnn Associate D ...

MMaarrcc RR MMoooonn Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Society Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University S ...

AAlliissttaaiirr SSllaaddee Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK SSii ...

Introduction This book differs from most other available cardiology texts. We have designed it to provide didactic answers to sp ...

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1 What are the cardiovascular risks of hypertension? Aroon Hingorani The risk of death, stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) ...