Cardiac Care provides an introduction to the care of patients with cardiac conditions.

Features:

• Provides healthcare professionals who have little or no knowledge of cardiac disorders, a basic grounding in the underlying pathophysiology of the disease, and an understanding of available treatments
• Explores pathophysiology, presentation and treatment of specific conditions
• Makes the information easily accessible and applicable to practice, whilst also being informing and educating about this fascinating specialty

Contents

1. The context of cardiac care
2. The history of cardiac care
3. Disease prevention and rehabilitation
4. Anatomy and physiology of the heart
5. Assessing the cardiac patient
6. Coronary Heart Disease 1: Stable angina
7. Coronary Heart Disease 2: Acute coronary syndromes
8. Heart failure
9. Arrhythmias
10. Resuscitation
11. Congenital heart disease
12. Valve disease, cardiomyopathy and inflammatory disorders
13. Cardiac medications
14. Interventional cardiology
15. Cardiac surgery

Index

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