Book 7
Cardiology Book 2
Gastroenterology
Medicine Dermatology Haematology
Psychiatry Neurology
RenalMedicine Ophthalmology
Rheumatology
Dedicatedto your Success
,Contributors vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction ix
Normal Values x
Abbreviations xv
Cardiology 1
Questions 3
Respiratory Medicine 45
Questions 47
Answers with teaching explanations 109
Cardiology 111
Respiratory Medicine 124
Index 149
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,Cardiology
James Wilkinson MRCP(UK) MB BS BSc(Hons)
British Heart Foundation Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in
Cardiology, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University
College London, London.
Respiratory Medicine
Susannah Leaver MBBS BmedSci(Hons) MRCP(UK)
Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, South West Thames Rotation.
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, I would like (o express my gratitude to the team at PasTest, particularly
Cathy Dickens and Amy Smith for their unswerving support and tolerance
during the preparation of this series. Many patients have been gracious
enough to contribute to our ongoing education by allowing their images to
be used in these volumes. The series would have been impossible without
the help of the following: Dr A )ain, Specialist Registrar, Cardiology, The
London Chest Hospital; Dr P McCoubrie, Consultant Radiologist, Bristol;
Dr Y Ho, Bromptom Hospital; Dr E Behr, Cardiology Specialist Registrar,
St. George's Hospital; Dr N Hughes, Consultant Radiologist, Frimley Park
Hospital; Dr R Knight, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Frimley Park
Hospital; Dr Michael Ardern-Jones, Specialist Registrar Dermatology,
Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust; DrTim Ho, Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Frimley Park Hospital and Dr Heather leffcrson, Specialist Registrar in
Nephrology for proofreading the respiratory section.
Philip Kelly