Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician

This book provides complete coverage of the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with cardiovascular diseases - in one easy-to-use source. The primary care physician will find information on all types of cardiovascular illnesses. The many charts, tables and diagrams, as well as a special color plates section, bring the text to life. Key points are highlighted and there are extensive references and recommended reading lists.

From the Contents:

Evaluating the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease.- Referrals.- Preoperative Consultation.- Using and Interpreting Noninvasive Cardiac Tests.- Evaluation of the Patient with Nontraumatic Chest Pain.- Evaluation of the Patient with Heart Failure.- Evaluation of the Patient with Hypotension and Shock.- Evaluation of the Patient with Palpitations and Non–life-threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias.- Evaluation of the Patient with Syncope.- Evaluation of the Patient Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest.- Evaluation of the Patient with Edema.- Risk Factors for and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.- The Effect of Exercise on the Heart and the Athlete’s Heart.- Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia.- Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Hypertension.- Secondary Hypertension.- Pheochromocytoma.- Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease.- Unstable Angina and Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.- ST–Segment Elevation.- Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation.- Mitral Valve Prolapse.- Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation.- Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease.- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Congestive Cardiomyopathy.