Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Cases compiled with contributions from; Preface; Case 1: A 31-Year-Old Man with Fever and Rapidly Progressive Dyspnea; Aortic Regurgitation; Further Reading; Case 2: A Young Man with Palpitations After a Party; Atrial Fibrillation; Further Reading; Case 3: A 45-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain After an Automobile Accident; Brugada Syndrome; References; Case 4: A 67-Year-Old Man with Left-Sided Weakness; Additional Evaluation; Carotid Artery Disease; Carotid Artery Disease
  • Clinical Presentation and Pathophysiology
  • Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation or Severe Extracranial or Intracranial AtherosclerosisSilent Cerebrovascular Disease; References; Case 5: A 54-Year-Old Woman with Exertional Angina But No Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease; Myocardial Bridging; References; Case 6: A 34-Year-Old Woman with Fatigue; Pulmonary Hypertension; Definition of PH and Pathophysiology; Classification of PH; Clinical Evaluation; Treatment; References; Case 7: An Elderly Woman with a Loud Murmur; Pulmonic Regurgitation; Background; Etiology and Pathogenesis; Clinical Presentation; Diagnosis and Management
  • Case 12: An Elderly Gentleman Who Passes Out While Working on His FarmAortic Stenosis; Clinical Presentation; Pathophysiology; Diagnosis; Management; References; Case 13: A 46-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea on Exertion and Daily Emesis; Ectopic Atrial Rhythm; Atrial Myxoma; Further Reading; Case 14: A Pregnant Woman with Palpitations; Focal Atrial Tachycardia; Clinical Presentation; Pathophysiology; Diagnosis; Localization of Focus of AT; Management; Sinus Node Reentrant Tachycardia; References; Case 15: Is this a Positive Brockenbrough Sign?
  • Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy with a Brockenbrough SignFurther Reading; Case 16: Dyspnea in a Woman Who Is Five Months Postpartum; Complete Heart Block; Further Reading; Case 17: Can you Identify This Coronary Anomaly?; Single Coronary Artery Arising from the Right Coronary Cusp; Further Reading; Case 18: Why Is this Patient Short of Breath?; Right Heart Catheterization; Simultaneous Right and Left Heart Catheterization; Constrictive Pericarditis; Further Reading; Case 19: A Clinical Application of Coronary Physiology; Clinical Application of FFR