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) - Softcover

Chizner M.D., Michael A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935660314 ISBN 13: 9781935660316

Publisher: MedMaster, 2018

Synopsis

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" includes:

• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH HEART FAILURE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYERTENSION
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH AORTIC DISSECTION
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH PERICARDIAL DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH A HEART MURMUR
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH HEART DISEASE UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH NEOPLASTIC HEART DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH "FALSE" HEART DISEASE
• APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH AN ACUTE CARDIAC EMERGENCY

Companion Digital Download of Heart Sounds & Images program (Win/Mac) with heart sounds, ECG interpretation, chest x-rays, echocardiography, cases, and quiz.

About this title

About the Author

Michael A. Chizner, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, is a nationally renowned cardiologist, and the Director of Medical Education Emeritus at Broward Health, one of the nation's largest public health care systems based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prior to serving in this role, Dr. Chizner was the Founder and former Chief Medical Director of the Heart Center of Excellence and the Founding Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program at Broward Health. He is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, and Barry University.

Dr. Chizner graduated with highest honors from the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, where he was selected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He received his residency training in Internal Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and his cardiology fellowship training with legendary cardiologist W. Proctor Harvey, M.D., at Georgetown University, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Chizner is a board certified Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the sub-specialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Chizner is a highly accomplished cardiac clinician diagnostician, widely known for his clinical skills especially in the art of auscultation and his humanistic approach to patient care. Among the many awards and accolades he has received, Dr. Chizner has earned the distinction of being recognized as one of the top 1% of physicians in the nation in such prestigious publications as America's Top Doctors, America’s Top Cardiologists, America’s Best Physicians, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who’s Who in America, U.S. News & World Report Top Doctors, and The Leading Physicians of the World. As physician, author, editor, and teacher, Dr. Chizner has contributed greatly to the practice of cardiology and the advancement of medical education. He has written and edited numerous articles, monographs, and books in cardiology, including the best-selling Clinical Cardiology Made Ridiculously Simple, that have become standards in cardiovascular education, and are now being used in medical schools throughout the United States and abroad.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Chizner received a gubernatorial appointment to the Florida Board of Medicine, where he was elected unanimously by his fellow board members and served as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board. As a result of his hard work and lifelong dedication to his profession and his patients, Dr. Chizner earned the honor of being selected as a recipient of the prestigious Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: MedMaster
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935660314
• ISBN 13: 9781935660316
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 358