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Essentials of Bedside Cardiology

A complete Course in Heart Sounds and Murmurs on CD

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Jules Constant

    1. State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology (CONCARD)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Checklist in History Taking

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 1-15

  3. Cardiac Clues from Physical Appearance

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 17-28

  4. Arterial Pulses and Pressures

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 29-62

  5. Jugular Pressure and Pulsations

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 63-88

  6. Inspection and Palpation of the Chest

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 89-109

  7. The Stethoscope

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 111-116

  8. Diagramming and Grading Heart Sounds and Murmurs

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 117-120

  9. The First Heart Sound (S1)

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 121-132

  10. The Second Heart Sound (S2)

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 133-153

  11. The Opening Snap

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 155-162

  12. The Third Heart Sound (S3)

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 163-173

  13. The Fourth Heart Sound (S4)

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 175-186

  14. Ejection Murmurs

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 187-212

  15. Systolic Regurgitant Murmurs

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 213-242

  16. Diastolic Murmurs

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    Pages 243-263

  17. Abdominal Murmurs

    • Jules Constant
    Pages 265-266

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 267-300
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About this book

Essentials of Bedside Cardiology, Second Edition, like the first edition, is designed for those who wish to balance technological advances with increased personal skill in history taking and physical examination. It is important to teach physicians that all technologies now in use for diagnosing cardiovascular disorders, such as echocardiography, can have false positive and false negative results. It is not always wise to rely on these technologies alone; indeed, they may not even be available in some settings. Even when the full panoply of up-to-date techniques is at the physician's disposal, the patient may not be a good candidate for an echocardiogram, or the technician or reader may not be well qualified, or the equipment itself may be substandard. Technology must be combined with physical examination to decide what is true and what is false. The practice of expert history taking and physical examination returns the physician to the actual patient, where the physician can feel likea "real doctor" rather than a mere interpreter of laboratory data. Essentials of Bedside Cardiology, Second Edition, strives to teach and not simply to tell the facts, relying on three basic methods derived from the psychology of teaching and learning: 1. Explain the facts. 2. Use a question and answer format-the Socratic method. 3. Provide tricks or mnemonics to help the reader remember the facts.

Reviews

"This is a thoughtful book, particularly strong on the correct physiological explanation of physical signs. I have always found Jules Constant's book to be my first (and only) reference regarding physical signs, and it is a great pleasure to see this updated version. Given the breadth of coverage it is surprisingly short and readable, and highly recommended." -Cardiology News

Authors and Affiliations

  • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, USA

    Jules Constant

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Bedside Cardiology

  • Book Subtitle: A complete Course in Heart Sounds and Murmurs on CD

  • Authors: Jules Constant

  • Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-338-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press Inc. 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-9754-0Published: 21 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-338-5Published: 19 November 2002

  • Series ISSN: 2196-8969

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-8977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 298

  • Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cardiology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Engineering, Finance, Business & Banking, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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