Internal Medicine Residency Readings: Cardiology

Audio files to listen to normal heart sounds and murmurs.

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

Barstow C, Rice M, McDivitt JD. Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnostic Evaluation. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Feb 1;95(3):170-177. PMID: 28145667.

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

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.

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.

Michaud GF, Stevenson WG. Atrial Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jan 28;384(4):353-361. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp2023658. PMID: 33503344.

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.

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.

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

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

Kopin L, Lowenstein C. Dyslipidemia. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Dec 5;167(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201712050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29204622.

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

Wu A. Heart Failure. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 5;168(11):ITC81-ITC96. doi: 10.7326/AITC201806050. Review. PubMed PMID: 29868816.

Helton M. R. (2015). Diagnosis and Management of Common Types of Supraventricular Tachycardia. American family physician, 92(9), 793–800.

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

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

Educational video on the basics of how to measure pulsus paradoxus in patients suspected of having cardiac tamponade.

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.

Hauk L. Syncope Evaluation and Treatment Guidelines from ACC, AHA, and HRS. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Apr 1;97(7):478-479. PMID: 29671548.

Runser LA, Gauer RL, Houser A. Syncope: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Mar 1;95(5):303-312. PMID: 28290647.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.