Cardiovascular Medicine – The Cardiovascular

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Structural Heart Disease 5 Chapters

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Hypertension: Causes, investigations, complications & treatment

Heart failure: From diagnosis to management

Coronary Artery Disease

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

Management of bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia)

Drug Manuals 5 Chapters

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Antiarrhythmic drugs in ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Inotropes and Vasopressors: Doses, indications, contraindications and effects

Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

Adenosine for tachyarrhythmias (AVNRT, AVRT, NCT)

Myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET) 6 Chapters

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Principles of myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET), coronary blood flow and flow reserve (CFR)

Indications and contraindications for myocardial perfusion imaging

The ischemic cascade

Physics of myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET): Radiotracers, perfusion, blood flow and viability

Pharmacologic agents in myocardial perfusion imaging

Interpretation of myocardial perfusion images (SPECT, PET)