Bedside Cardiology

Jules Constant, MD

The Fifth Edition of this classic text has been thoroughly revised. It focuses on teaching the clinical diagnostic skills of history-taking and physical examination--skills that are essential when choosing cost-effective high-technology laboratory tests and evaluating test results.
The book begins with a complete checklist for history-taking, and proceeds through physical inspection, palpation, auscultation, heart sounds, and murmurs. The highly praised question-and-answer format engages the reader's attention and enables students to test themselves by covering the answers. More than 150 photographs, diagrams, and other illustrations demonstrate key examination techniques and concepts. Important terms are printed in boldface and defined in a glossary.

Product Reviews:
Praise for previous editions:
"There are no other books exactly like this one....For anyone who is learning, teaching, reviewing, or merely appreciative of the complexities of the physical examination of the cardiovascular system, and indeed the patient as a whole, this book is an absolute first priority."--Clinical Cardiology

Praise for previous editions:
"The text justifies Constant's reputation as a teacher par excellence....Without doubt, students and physicians hoping to master the traditional art of cardiac examination need look for no better guide."--JAMA

Praise for previous editions:
"The book provides superb insight into clinical questions that arise in everyday practice....I enthusiastically endorse this book as an excellent reference."--American Family Physician