Key Clinical Topics in Cardiology

Sanjay Sharma BSc (Hons) MD FRCP (UK) FESCProfessor of Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sports Cardiology, Consultant Cardiologist, St George's Hospital, London, UKAneil Malhotra MBBChir PhD MA (Hons) MRCP (UK) MSc (Med Leadership)Cardiology Specialist Registrar, St George's Hospital, London, UK

• 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

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