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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)
Fanaroff, A. C., Rymer, J. A., Goldstein, S. A., Simel, D. L., & Newby, L. K. (2015). Does This Patient With Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. JAMA, 314(18), 1955-1965.
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
Group, C. R. W., Patel, M. R., Calhoon, J. H., Dehmer, G. J., Grantham, J. A., Maddox, T. M., ... & Smith, P. K. (2016). ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2016 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and the Society of Thoracic .... Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Atrial fibrillation
Morin DP, Bernard ML, Madias C, Rogers PA, Thihalolipavan S, Estes NA 3rd. The State of the Art: Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment . Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Nov 5. pii: S0025-6196(16)30538-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.08.022. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 27825618.
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
Chen J. Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: medical management . Clin Geriatr Med. 2012 Nov;28(4):635-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.08.002. Review. PubMed PMID: 23101574.
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 vascular disease
Kullo IJ, Rooke TW. Clinical Practice. Peripheral Artery Disease . N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 3;374(9):861-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1507631. Review. PubMed PMID: 26962905.
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
Hamzaoui, O., Monnet, X., & Teboul, J. (2013). Pulsus paradoxus. The European Respiratory Journal, 42(6), 1696-1705. doi:10.1183/09031936.00138912
Syncope
Walsh K, Hoffmayer K, Hamdan MH. Syncope: diagnosis and management. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2015 Feb;40(2):51-86. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2014.11.001. Review. PubMed PMID: 25686850.
Syncope
Hanna EB. Syncope: etiology and diagnostic approach. Cleve Clin J Med. 2014 Dec;81(12):755-66. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13152. Review. PubMed PMID: 25452354.
Systolic heart failure
Okwuosa IS, Princewill O, Nwabueze C, Mathews L, Hsu S, Gilotra NA, Lewsey S, Blumenthal RS, Russell SD. The ABCs of managing systolic heart failure: Past, present, and future . Cleve Clin J Med. 2016 Oct;83(10):753-765. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.16006. Review. PubMed PMID: 27726827.
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)
Nishimura RA, Carabello B. Operationalizing the 2014 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease: A Guide for Clinicians . J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 May 17;67(19):2289-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.02.065. Review. PubMed PMID: 27173039.
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
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome from Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2017.
Treatment of hyperlipidemia
Last AR, Ference JD, Falleroni J. Pharmacologic treatment of hyperlipidemia. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Sep 1;84(5):551-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 21888306.
Dyslipidemia
Kopin L, Lowenstein C. Dyslipidemia. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Dec 5;167(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201712050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29204622.