Crash Course – your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Commencing with 'Learning Objectives', every chapter guides you succinctly through the topic, giving full coverage of the curriculum whilst avoiding unnecessary and often confusing detail.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the western world and a common cause of hospital admission. This highly accessible guide to the cardiovascular system highlights all the essential information to provide an invaluable foundation for application to clinical practice in this most fundamental of medical specialties.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Series editor foreword - p. iii 6. Prefaces - p. iii 7. Acknowledgements - p. iii 8. Dedication - p. iii 9. List of Illustrations - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Overview of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Anatomy, histology and development of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 12. Chapter 3: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia - p. iii 13. Chapter 4: The cardiac cycle and control of cardiac output - p. iii 14. Chapter 5: Haemodynamics and vascular function - p. iii 15. Chapter 6: Integrated control of the cardiovascular system and cardiovascular reflexes - p. iii 16. Chapter 7: Atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease - p. iii 17. Chapter 8: Heart failure, myocardial and pericardial disease - p. iii 18. Chapter 9: Vascular disease - p. iii 19. Chapter 10: Basic history and examination of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 20. Self-assessment - p. iii 21. Single best answer questions (SBAs) - p. iii 22. Extended matching questions (EMQs) - p. iii 23. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) stations - p. iii 24. Glossary - p. iii 25. Index - p. iii
Crash Course – your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Commencing with 'Learning Objectives', every chapter guides you succinctly through the topic, giving full coverage of the curriculum whilst avoiding unnecessary and often confusing detail.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the western world and a common cause of hospital admission. This highly accessible guide to the cardiovascular system highlights all the essential information to provide an invaluable foundation for application to clinical practice in this most fundamental of medical specialties.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Series editor foreword - p. iii 6. Prefaces - p. iii 7. Acknowledgements - p. iii 8. Dedication - p. iii 9. List of Illustrations - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Overview of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Anatomy, histology and development of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 12. Chapter 3: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia - p. iii 13. Chapter 4: The cardiac cycle and control of cardiac output - p. iii 14. Chapter 5: Haemodynamics and vascular function - p. iii 15. Chapter 6: Integrated control of the cardiovascular system and cardiovascular reflexes - p. iii 16. Chapter 7: Atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease - p. iii 17. Chapter 8: Heart failure, myocardial and pericardial disease - p. iii 18. Chapter 9: Vascular disease - p. iii 19. Chapter 10: Basic history and examination of the cardiovascular system - p. iii 20. Self-assessment - p. iii 21. Single best answer questions (SBAs) - p. iii 22. Extended matching questions (EMQs) - p. iii 23. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) stations - p. iii 24. Glossary - p. iii 25. Index - p. iii
