Research Guides: Internal Medicine Residency Readings: Cardiology

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Cardiology Education Tools/Resources

Rapid Interpretation of EKG's by Dale Dubin
ISBN: 0912912065
Publication Date: 2000

Heart Sounds & Murmurs
Audio files to listen to normal heart sounds and murmurs.

Cardiology

Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Kent KC. (2014). Clinical practice. Abdominal aortic aneurysms . N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 27;371(22):2101-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1401430. Review. PubMed PMID: 25427112.
Acute coronary syndrome (diagnosis)
Barstow C, Rice M, McDivitt JD. Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnostic Evaluation. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Feb 1;95(3):170-177. PMID: 28145667.
Acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI)
Timmis A. (2015). Acute coronary syndromes . BMJ. 2015 Oct 20;351:h5153. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h5153. Review. Erratum in: BMJ. 2015;351:h5849. PubMed PMID: 26487159.
Acute Coronary Syndromes & Coronary Revascularization
Widmer RJ, Pollak PM, Bell MR, Gersh BJ, Anavekar NS. The Evolving Face of Myocardial Reperfusion in Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Primer for the Internist. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Feb;93(2):199-216. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.11.016. Epub 2018 Jan 9. PMID: 29329796.
Atrial fibrillation
Michaud GF, Stevenson WG. Atrial Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jan 28;384(4):353-361. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp2023658. PMID: 33503344.
Atrial Fibrillation - rhythm control
Bhatia S, Sugrue A, Asirvatham S. Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond Rate Control. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Mar;93(3):373-380. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.10.024. Review. PubMed PMID: 29502567.
Atrial flutter - rate control
Van Gelder IC, Rienstra M, Crijns HJ, Olshansky B. Rate control in atrial fibrillation. Lancet. 2016 Aug 20;388(10046):818-28. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31258-2. PMID: 27560277.
Heart failure
Wu A. Heart Failure. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 5;168(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201806050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29868816.
Congestive heart failure (focus on management)
Dunlay SM, Pereira NL, Kushwaha SS. Contemporary strategies in the diagnosis and management
of heart failure. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 May;89(5):662-76. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.004. Epub
2014 Mar 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 24684781.
Diastolic heart failure
Nicoara A, Jones-Haywood M. Diastolic heart failure: diagnosis and therapy . Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Feb;29(1):61-7. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000276. Review. PubMed PMID: 26658178.
Heart block
Ufberg JW, Clark JS. Bradydysrhythmias and atrioventricular conduction blocks . Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2006 Feb;24(1):1-9, v. Review. PubMed PMID: 16308110.
Paroxysmal SVT
Al-Zaiti SS, Magdic KS. Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management . Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2016 Sep;28(3):309-16. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.04.005. Review. PubMed PMID: 27484659.
Pericardial disease
Kyriakakis CG, Mayosi BM, de Vries E, Isaacs A, Doubell AF. An approach to the patient with suspected pericardial disease. S Afr Med J. 2016 Feb;106(2):151-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 27303770.
Peripheral vascular disease
Peach G, Griffin M, Jones KG, Thompson MM, Hinchliffe RJ. Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease. BMJ. 2012 Aug 14;345:e5208. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5208. Review. PubMed PMID: 22893640.
Peripheral arterial disease
Conte SM, Vale PR. Peripheral Arterial Disease. Heart Lung Circ. 2018 Apr;27(4):427-432. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.10.014. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PMID: 29150158.
Pulsus Paradoxus Video - Stanford Medicine 25
Educational video on the basics of how to measure pulsus paradoxus in patients suspected of having cardiac tamponade.
Review article: Pulsus paradoxus
Sarkar M, Bhardwaj R, Madabhavi I, Gowda S, Dogra K. Pulsus paradoxus. Clin Respir J. 2018 Aug;12(8):2321-2331. doi: 10.1111/crj.12912. PMID: 29873194.
Syncope
Hauk L. Syncope Evaluation and Treatment Guidelines from ACC, AHA, and HRS. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Apr 1;97(7):478-479. PMID: 29671548.
Syncope: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
Runser LA, Gauer RL, Houser A. Syncope: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Mar 1;95(5):303-312. PMID: 28290647.
Systolic heart failure
Murphy SP, Ibrahim NE, Januzzi JL Jr. Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Review. JAMA. 2020 Aug 4;324(5):488-504. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.10262. PMID: 32749493.
Aortic valve stenosis
Kanwar A, Thaden JJ, Nkomo VT. Management of Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Apr;93(4):488-508. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.01.020. Review. PubMed PMID: 29622096.
Valvular heart disease (Aortic stenosis & Mitral regurgitation)
Cupido BJ, Peters F, Ntusi NA. An approach to the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease . S Afr Med J. 2016 Jan;106(1):39-42. Review. PubMed PMID: 26933709.
Valvular heart disease (Aortic stenosis & Mitral regurgitation)
Mrsic Z, Hopkins SP, Antevil JL, Mullenix PS. Valvular Heart Disease. Prim Care. 2018 Mar;45(1):81-94. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Dec 27. PMID: 29406946.
Ventricular tachycardia
John RM, Tedrow UB, Koplan BA, Albert CM, Epstein LM, Sweeney MO, Miller AL, Michaud GF, Stevenson WG. Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Lancet. 2012 Oct 27;380(9852):1520-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61413-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 23101719.
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Kim SS, Knight BP. Long term risk of Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern and syndrome. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2017 May;27(4):260-268. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.12.001. Epub 2016 Dec 5. PMID: 28108086.
Treatment of hyperlipidemia
Last AR, Ference JD, Menzel ER. Hyperlipidemia: Drugs for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Jan 15;95(2):78-87. PMID: 28084704.
Dyslipidemia
Kopin L, Lowenstein C. Dyslipidemia. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Dec 5;167(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201712050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29204622.

Updated October 22, 2020