Cardiology: Clinical Cases Uncovered Book

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

Part 1 Basics.

Basic science.

General approach to the patient.

Part 2 Cases.

Case 1 A 47-year- old man with chest pain.

Case 2 A 60-year- old HGV driver with chest pain.

Case 3 An 85-year-old man with collapse.

Case 4 A 71-year-old man with exertion chest tightness.

Case 5 A 50-year-old man with sudden onset severe central chest pain.

Case 6 A 45-year-old man with chest pain and breathlessness.

Case 7 A 34-year-old man with chest pain.

Case 8 An 80-year-old woman with acute severe breathlessness.

Case 9 A 50-year-old man with exertional breathlessness.

Case 10 A 72-year-old woman with breathlessness on exertion.

Case 11 A 50-year-old man with a murmur.

Case 12 A 30-year-old man with high blood pressure and a heart murmur.

Case 13 A 64-year-old man with collapse and a murmur.

Case 14 A 34-year-old man with malaise, chest pains and breathlessness.

Case 15 A 22-year-old woman with faints.

Case 16 A 76-year-old woman with blackouts.

Case 17 A 35-year-old woman with palpitations.

Case 18 A 42-year-old man with palpitations.

Case 19 A 64-year-old man with fatigue and palpitations.

Case 20 A 24-year-old man with palpitations.

Case 21 A 77-year-old woman with fatigue and bradycardia.

Case 22 A 57-year-old man with collapse.

Case 23 A 36-year-old woman with a family history of sudden death.

Case 24 A 60-year-old man with high blood pressure.

Case 25 A 24-year-old woman with visual loss and dysphasia.

Case 26 A 59-year-old woman with low blood pressure and breathlessness.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.