Author	Ross, Donald N. author
Title	Principles of Cardiac Diagnosis and Treatment [electronic resource] : A Surgeons' Guide / by Donald N. Ross, Terence A. H. English, Roxane McKay
Imprint	London : Springer London, 1992
Edition	Second Edition
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1470-3
Descript	IX, 269 p. online resource

Leading heart surgeons (including the President of the Royal College of Surgeons) bridge the ever-widening gap between the "student" (both pre- and post-graduate) and an increas- ingly remote group of medical and surgical specialists in this , the only book devoted entirely to the established principles of cardiac diagnosis

1 Introduction and Historical Background -- Historical Background -- 2 Anatomical and Physiological Considerations -- Anatomical Features -- Elementary Haemodynamics -- 3 Clinical Aspects of Cardiac Diagnosis -- Classification of Surgical Heart Disease -- History -- Physical Examination -- 4 Special Investigations -- Chest Radiography -- Electrocardiography -- Phonocardiography -- Echocardiography -- Radionuclide Studies -- Computed Tomography -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography -- 5 Temporary Support of the Circulation -- Pharmacological Support -- Mechanical Support -- Principles of Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Long-Term Circulatory Support -- Extracorporeal Respiratory Support -- 6 Congenital Heart Disease -- Nomenclature and Sequential Segmental Analysis -- Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease -- Acyanotic Congenital Heart Lesions: Obstructive Group -- Acyanotic Congenital Heart Lesions: Left-to-Right Shunts -- Lesions Which May Be Cyanotic or Acyanotic -- Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries -- 7 Acquired Valvular Heart Disease -- Mitral Valve Disease -- Aortic Valve Disease -- Tricuspid Valve Disease -- Pulmonary Valve Disease -- Prosthetic Valve Disease -- 8 Ischaemic Heart Disease -- 9 Miscellaneous Heart Disease -- Constrictive Pericarditis -- Cardiomyopathy -- Cardiac Tumours -- Bacterial Endocarditis -- Trauma -- Arrythmias -- 10 Acquired Lesions of Major Blood Vessels -- Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta -- Aortic Dissection -- Traumatic Rupture of the Aorta -- Massive Pulmonary Embolism -- Arterial Embolism