The POCKETBOOK OF CARDIOLOGY is designed to provide the practical information required for managing cardiology in-patients and out-patients. This includes sections on dealing with common out-patient consultations common interspecialty referrals cardiological problems on the cardiac surgery unit..

Section A: Trainee's Survival Guide Refresher course in basic cardiology * Cardiology consultations and referrals * Emergency cardiological procedures Section B: Management of In-patient Cardiac Problems Acute cardiac emergencies * Acute coronary syndromes * Cardiac failure * Acute arrhythmias * Infective endocarditis * Pericardial disease * Accelerated hypertension and pulmonary embolism Section C: Out-patient Management of Cardiac Problems New patient consultations * Review consultations * Miscellaneous out-patient problems * Grown-up congenital heart disease * Cardiac rehabilitation Section D: Investigative and Interventional Cardiology * Electrophysiology * Device therapy * Cardiac catheterisation and intervention * Echocardiography * Nuclear cardiology