Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Contents 2.1 Symptoms and Signs 2.1.1 Advanced Diagnostic Methods 2.1.2 Cardinal Symptoms 2.1.3 Signs 2.2 Arrhythmias 2.3 Resuscitation 2.4 Shock 2.5 Ischemic Heart (Coronary Artery) disease 2.6 Heart Failure 2.7 Endocarditis 2.8 Pericardial Disease 2.9 Valvular Disease 2.10 Cardiac Oncology 2.11 Diseases of the Main Vessels 2.12 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2.13 Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine 3 External Links and Resources

[edit] Overview

his page will hopefully develop into a full book on cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

Everything on pediatric cardiology can be found in the section on Pediatric Cardiology in the Wikibook on Pediatrics. This includes congenital heart diseases.

[edit] Contents

[edit] Symptoms and Signs

• Physical Examination of Cardiac Patients

[edit] Advanced Diagnostic Methods

• ECG
• MRI
• PET
• Echocardiography
• Plain x-ray
• Laboratory Tests
• Radionuclide Imaging

[edit] Cardinal Symptoms

• Chest Pain
• Exertional Breathlessness (Dyspnoea)
• Exertional Palpitations
• Syncope (Blackouts, faints and funny turns)
• Pedal edema (Swelling of Lower Limbs)
• Cough, Sputum, Hemoptysis (Hemoptysis means coughing out Blood stained sputum)

[edit] Signs

• Arterial Pulse
• Jugular Venous Pulse
• Murmurs
• Oedema

[edit] Arrhythmias

• Introduction
• Tachycardia
• Bradycardia
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Ventricular Fibrillation
• His Bundle Arrhythmias
• Atrioventricular Block
• Bundle Branch Block
• Hemiblock
• Nonspecific Intraventricular Conduction Defects
• Sick Sinus Syndrome

[edit] Resuscitation

• Cardiac Arrest
• Respiratory Arrest
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

[edit] Shock

Also see the Wikibooks section on Emergency Medicine.

• Shock
• Cardiogenic Shock

[edit] Ischemic Heart (Coronary Artery) disease

• Symptoms and Signs
• Angina Pectoris
• Myocardial Infarction

[edit] Heart Failure

• Cardiomyopathy
• Cor Pulmonale

[edit] Endocarditis

• Infective Endocarditis
• Noninfective Endocarditis

[edit] Pericardial Disease

• Pericarditis

[edit] Valvular Disease

• Valvular Heart Disease
  • Mitral Valve Disease
  • Aortic Valve Disease
  • Tricuspid Valve Disease

[edit] Cardiac Oncology

• Benign Cardiac Tumors
• Malignant Cardiac Tumors

[edit] Diseases of the Main Vessels

• Aneurysms
  • Thoracical Aortic Aneurysm
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • (Threathened) Rupture of Aneurysm
• Dissection

[edit] Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Coronary Artery Graft Surgery
• Heart Transplantation

[edit] Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine

• Cardiac Support Devices
• Swan-Ganz Catheter
• Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
• Post-Operative Care for Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients

[edit] External Links and Resources

Wikipedia has related information at Cardiology.

• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Section 16: Cardiovascular Disorders
• eMedicine section on cardiology
• eMedicine section on thoracic surgery