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
Schanzer, A., & Oderich, G. S. (2021). Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. The New England journal of medicine, 385(18), 1690–1698. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp2108504
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)
Bhatt, D. L., Lopes, R. D., & Harrington, R. A. (2022). Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review. JAMA, 327(7), 662–675. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.0358
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.
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.
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
Herzog E, Argulian E, Levy SB, Aziz EF. Pathway for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2017 Jun;16(2):47-52. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000109. PMID: 28509703.
Congestive heart failure (focus on management)
Murphy, S. P., Ibrahim, N. E., & Januzzi, J. L., Jr (2020). Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Review. JAMA, 324(5), 488–504. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.10262
Diastolic heart failure
Redfield M. M. (2016). Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. The New England journal of medicine, 375(19), 1868–1877. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp1511175
Dyslipidemia
Kopin L, Lowenstein C. Dyslipidemia. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Dec 5;167(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201712050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29204622.
Heart block
Vogler, J., Breithardt, G., & Eckardt, L. (2012). Bradyarrhythmias and conduction blocks. Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.), 65(7), 656–667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.recesp.2012.01.025
Heart failure
Wu A. Heart Failure. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 5;168(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201806050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29868816.
Pericardial disease
Yusuf, S. W., Hassan, S. A., Mouhayar, E., Negi, S. I., Banchs, J., & O'Gara, P. T. (2016). Pericardial disease: a clinical review. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 14(4), 525–539. https://doi.org/10.1586/14779072.2016.1134317
Peripheral arterial disease
Tran B. (2021). Assessment and management of peripheral arterial disease: what every cardiologist should know. Heart (British Cardiac Society), heartjnl-2019-316164. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316164
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.
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.
Treatment of hyperlipidemia
Su, L., Mittal, R., Ramgobin, D., Jain, R., & Jain, R. (2021). Current Management Guidelines on Hyperlipidemia: The Silent Killer. Journal of lipids, 2021, 9883352. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9883352
Valvular heart disease (Aortic stenosis & Mitral regurgitation)
Mohananey, D., Aljadah, M., Smith, A., Haines, J. F., Patel, S., Villablanca, P., & Ramakrishna, H. (2021). The 2020 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Highlights and Perioperative Implications. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, S1053-0770(21)00339-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2021.04.013
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
Dresen, W. F., & Ferguson, J. D. (2018). Ventricular Arrhythmias. Cardiology clinics, 36(1), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2017.08.007
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.

Updated October 2021