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| The Electrical Activity of the Heart: The Electrocardiogram | |
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| The genesis of the electrocardiogram | |
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| The normal electrocardiogram | |
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| Abnormal electrocardiogram patterns | |
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| Electrocardiogram interpretation | |
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| The Symptoms of Heart Disease | |
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| Dyspnoea | |
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| Cardiac pain | |
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| Palpitation | |
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| Oedema | |
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| Ascites | |
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| Cyanosis | |
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| Haemoptysis | |
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| Syncope | |
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| The Physical Signs of Heart Disease | |
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| The arterial pulse | |
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| Blood pressure measurement | |
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| The venous pulse and pressure | |
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| Insection of the chest | |
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| Palpation of the chest | |
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| Auscultation: heart sounds and murmurs | |
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| General examination of patients with cardiac disease | |
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| Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging | |
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| Plain radiography | |
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| Echocardiography | |
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| Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging | |
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| Non-invasive approaches to coronary heart disease | |
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| Invasive Investigations | |
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| Cardiac catheterization | |
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| Ventriculography and aortography | |
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| Coronary angiography | |
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| Invasive electrophysiological studies | |
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| Diseases of the Coronary Arteries - Causes, Pathology and Prevention | |
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| The coronary circulation | |
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| Coronary artery disease | |
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| Public health approaches to prevention of ischaemic heart disease | |
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| Clinical Presentations of Coronary Disease | |
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| Stable angina | |
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| Unstable angina, non-Q wave myocardial infarction and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction | |
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| ST segment elevation myocardial infarction | |
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| Cardiac rehabilitation | |
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| Heart Failure | |
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| The pathophysiology of heart failure | |
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| Clinical syndromes of heart failure | |
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| General management of heart failure | |
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| Pharmacological therapy | |
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| Ventricular resynchronization therapy | |
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| Arrythmia management | |
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| Acute left ventricular failure | |
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| Cardiogenic shock | |
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| Cardiac transplantation | |
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| Disorders of Rate, Rhythm and Conduction | |
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| Disturbances of rate and rhythm | |
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| Disorders of conduction | |
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| Investigation of rhythm abnormalities | |
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| Cardiac syncope | |
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| Management of bradyarrythmias - cardiac pacing | |
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| General management of tachyarrthmias | |
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| Practical arrythmia management | |
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| Cardiac arrest | |
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| Diseases of the Pericardium | |
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| Pathology | |
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| Acute pericarditis | |
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| Pericardial effusion | |
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| Pericardial tamponade | |
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| Pericardial constriction ('constrictive pericarditis') | |
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| Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis | |
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| Myocarditis | |
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| Cardiomyopathy | |
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| Disorders of the Cardiac Valves | |
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| Mitral valve disease | |
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| Aortic valve disease | |
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| Tricuspid valve disease | |
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| Pulmonary valve disease | |
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| Infective endocarditis | |
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| Congenital Heart Disease | |
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| Varieties of congenital heart disease | |
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| Communications | |
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| Cyanotic lesions | |
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| Obstructive lesions | |
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| Complex conditions | |
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| Hypertension and Heart Disease | |
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| The concept of normal blood pressure | |
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| Measurement of blood pressure | |
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| Aetiology of hypertension | |
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| Pathophysiology of hypertension | |
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| Examination and investigation of the hypertensive patient | |
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| The decision to treat | |
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| Treatment of hypertension | |
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| Diseases of the Aorta | |
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| The normal aorta | |
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| Imaging of the aorta | |
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| Dissecting aneurysm | |
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| Atypical aortic dissection | |
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| Aortic trauma | |
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| Chronic thoracic aneurysm | |
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| Aneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva | |
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| Disorders of the Lungs and Pulmonary Circulation | |
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| Pulmonary embolism | |
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| Pulmonary hypertension | |
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| Pulmonary heart disease | |
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| Systemic Disorders and the Heart | |
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| Infections and the heart | |
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| Endocrine and metabolic disorders | |
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| Miscellaneous disorders | |
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| Normal physiological states | |
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| Psychological Aspects of Heart Disease | |
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| Psychological factors in the genesis of hypertension and coronary disease | |
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| Anxiety state and the heart | |
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| Surgery and the Heart | |
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| Anaesthesia and general surgery in patients with heart disease | |
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| Surgery for heart disease | |
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| Medical management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery | |
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| The replacement of heart valves | |
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| Index | |