Clinical Cardiology Made Ridiculously Simple, 5th Edition: An Incredibly Easy Way to Learn for Medical, Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, PA Students, And ... Learning and Retention Through the Medmaster)

by Michael A. Chizner

For medical students, house officers, cardiac fellows, practicing physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates and other health care professionals. A clear, concise, highly practical and enjoyable overview of all of clinically relevant cardiology. History, physical, ECG (ECG interpretation taught in just 40 pages!), radiology, noninvasive and invasive diagnostic tests, therapy (both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic), cardiac device therapy, and cardiac surgery. A final section of the book takes the full gamut of cardiac pearls of wisdom obtained in all previous chapters and Puts It All Together to clearly teach the approach to diagnosis and treatment of the most common cardiac pathologies. "Putting It All Together" Companion Digital Download of Heart Sounds & Images program (Win/Mac) with heart sounds, ECG interpretation, chest x-rays, echocardiography, cases, and quiz.

Genres: Medical

358 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Alece · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read/skimmed this book before starting an occupational therapy internship on the cardiac unit of a large hospital. Obviously, this book is geared toward Docs, RNPs, and PAs, but I was hoping it would have some good info about cardiac conditions that I could draw from. To this end, the first chapter was great, the second not bad, but past that it was definitely not information that I will ever need to know. Of course, I don't fault the book for that! What I fault the book for is having over a dozen cartoon illustrations of doctors and medical students (treating patients, reading ECGs, etc) without portraying even ONE female doctor. Come on guys, this book was published in 2009! In the US the current ratio of female to male medical school grads is 1:1, and 1/3rd of all physicians in the workforce are female. This book does not accurately portray the gender breakdown of our current society. Laaame.