Key Clinical Topics in Cardiology presents a brand new addition to the Key Clinical Topics series. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, comprising over 60 carefully selected topics in alpha order that together provide an extensive understanding of the management of cardiovascular disorders.

Advanced life supportAnginaAntiarrhythmic medicationsAnticoagulation therapyAntiplatelet therapyAortic valve diseaseAthlete’s heartAtrial fibrillationCardiac catheterisation and angiographyCardiomyopathy – arrhythmogenic, right ventricularCardiomyopathy – dilatedCardiomyopathy – hypertrophicCardiomyopathy – noncompaction, let ventricularCardiomyopathy – restrictiveChannelopathiesConnective tissue disordersCoronary artery bypass surgeryDiabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseaseEndocarditisExercise stress testingHeart failure – chronic, long-term managementHeart failure – diastolicHeart failure – left-sided, acuteHeart failure – right-sidedHolter monitors, event recorders and implantable loop recordersHypercholesterolaemiaHypertensionIdiopathic pulmonary hypertensionImaging – cardiac computed tomography angiographyImaging – cardiacc magnetic resonance imagingImaging – echocardiographyImaging – nuclear cardiologyImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorsLipid-lowering therapiesMetabolic syndromeMitral valve diseaseMyocarditisNon-ST elevation – acute coronary syndromesPacemakers and resynchronisation therapyPercutaneous coronary interventionPericarditis, constriction and tamponadePerioperative cardiac evaluationPeripheral artery diseasePolypharmacyPregnancy and cardiologyPrevention in cardiologyProsthetic heart valvesPulmonary embolismRehabilitationSeptal defects – atrialSeptal defects – ventricularST segment elevation – myocardial infarctionStroke and transient ischaemic attackSyncopeTachycardia – supraventricularTachycardia – ventricularTetralogy of FallotThoracic aortic aneurysm dissectionTransplantationTraumatic heart diseaseTumoursIndex