Cardiology Secrets

1. CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
2. HEART MURMURS
3. ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
4. CHEST RADIOGRAPHS
5. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
6. EXERCISE STRESS TESTING
7. NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
8. HOLTER MONITORS, EVENT MONITORS, AMBULATORY MONITORS, AND IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDERS
9. CARDIAC CT ANGIOGRAPHY
10. CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
11. CARDIAC POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
12. BEDSIDE HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
13. ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY
14. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, ANGIOGRAPHY, IVUS, AND FFR
15. CHEST PAINS AND ANGINA
16. CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA
17. NON–ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
18. ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
19. CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
20. PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
21. CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
22. ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE
23. HEART FAILURE EVALUATION AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT
24. HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION
25. MYOCARDITIS
26. DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
27. HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
28. RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
29. CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
30. AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
31. MITRAL STENOSIS, MITRAL REGURGITATION, AND MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
32. PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
33. ENDOCARDITIS AND ENDOCARDITIS PROPHYLAXIS
34. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
35. SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
36. VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
37. CARDIAC PACEMAKERS AND RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
38. IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTERDEFIBRILLATORS
39. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
40. HYPERTENSION
41. HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
42. DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
43. SMOKING CESSATION: A PRIORITY FOR THE CARDIAC PATIENT
44. EXERCISE AND THE HEART
45. ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
46. CARDIAC MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV/AIDS
47. CARDIOVASCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS AND THE VASCULITIDES
48. CARDIAC TUMORS
49. COCAINE AND THE HEART
50. DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
51. HEART DISEASE IN PREGNANCY
52. HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS
53. ORAL ANTICOAGULATION
54. PERICARDITIS, PERICARDIAL CONSTRICTION, AND PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
55. PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
56. PREOPERATIVE CARDIAC EVALUATION
57. PULMONARY EMBOLISM
58. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
59. STROKE AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
60. SYNCOPE
61. TRAUMATIC HEART DISEASE

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