Cardiology Board Review: Pearls of Wisdom

OVERVIEW

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the cardiology board exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. This high-yield review for the boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Michael Zevitz, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATION
CARDIAC HEMODYNAMICS AND FUNCTION
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANGINA PECTORIS AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHY
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AND CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
VALVULAR HEART DIESEASE
ATHEROSCLEROTIC VASCULAR DISEASE AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
CARDIAC PHARMACOLOGY
HYPERTENSION
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND CARDIAC IMAGING
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE CARDIAC MEDICINE
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
CARDIAC SURGERY
CARDIAC MANAGEMENT OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT
CARDIAC GRAPHICS