Education in Heart, Volume 2

Contributors.

Introduction.

Acute myocardial infarction: failed thrombolysis.

Acute myocardial infarction: primary angioplasty.

Role of stenting in coronary revascularisation.

Treatment strategies for heart failure: ß blockers and antiarrhythmics.

Angiotensin receptor blockers for chronic heart failure.

What causes the symptoms of heart failure?.

Differential diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis.

The diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Balloon valvuloplasty.

Patients with asymptomatic mild/moderate aortic stenosis undergoing coronary artery bypass.

Endocarditis: problems - patients being treated for endocarditis and not doing well.

Prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Endocrine basics.

Surgery of valve disease.

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias.

Implantable cardioverter-defribrillators.

Permanent pacing: new indications.

Ventricular tachycardia: diagnosis of broad QRS complex tachycardia.

Haemodynamic calculations in the catheter laboratory.

Heart disease and pregnancy.

Dizziness and syncope in adolescence.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Transoesophageal Echo-Doppler in cardiology.

Cardiac tumours: diagnosis and management.

Endothelial function and nitric oxide: clinical relevance.

Diabetic heart disease: clinical considerations.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: new ideas and perspectives.

Diseases of the thoracic aorta.

Management of pericardial effusion.

Cardiovascular complications of renal disease.

The athlete's heart.

Acute pulmonary embolism 1: pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis.

Acute pulmonary embolism 2: treatment.

Anatomic basis of cross-sectional echocardiography.

Matching the right drug to the right patient in essential hypertension.

Essential hypertension: the heart and hypertension.

Index