Cardiology Secrets

• I. DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES

• Cardiovascular Physical Diagnosis

Cardiac Murmurs and Heart Sounds

Electrocardiography (ECGs)

Chest X-ray

Exercise Stress Testing

Ambulatory ECG monitors

Echocardiography

Nuclear Cardiology

Cardiac PET

Cardiac MRI

Cardiac CT

Swan-Ganz Catheters and Cardiac Hemodynamics

Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, FFR, IVUS and OCT

II. CHEST PAINS, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

Chest Pain and Angina

Chronic Stable Angina

Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Cardiogenic Shock

Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Stents

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

III. HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES

Myocarditis

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Diastolic Dysfunction (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction)

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy

Heart Failure: Acute (In-hospital) Management

Heart Failure: Long Term Management

Heart Transplantation

IV. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Aortic Stenosis

Aortic Regurgitation

Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mitral Stenosis

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Endocarditis and Endocarditis Prophylaxis

V. ARRHYTHMIAS

Atrial Fibrillation

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Ventricular Arrhythmias

Cardiac Pacing for Bradycardia, Atrioventricular Block, and Heart Failure

Implanatable Cardiac Defibrillators

Cardiac Arrest

VI. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION

Hypertension

Hyperlipidemia

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Smoking Cessation

Exercise and the Heart

VII. THE HEART IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS

Cardiac Manifestations of AIDS

Cardiac Manifestations of Rheumatologic Disorders

Cardio-Oncology

Cocaine and the Heart

Heart Disease in the Elderly

Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Heart Disease in Women

Sleep Apnea and the Heart

VIII. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Peripheral Arterial Disease

Aortic Aneurysm

Aortic Dissection

Carotid Artery Disease

Ischemic Stroke

Hemorrhagic Stroke and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

IX. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE

DVT Prophylaxis and Treatment

Pulmonary Embolism

Hypercoagulability States

X. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN CARDIOLOGY

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Cardiac Tumors

Hypertensive Crisis

Oral Anticoagulation Therapy

Pericardits, Pericardial Constriction, and Pericardial Tamponade

Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Risk

Pulmonary Hypertension

Syncope

Traumatic Heart Disease