Summary cardiology -usmle notes

Boards and Beyond:
Cardiology

A Companion Book to the Boards and Beyond Website

Jason Ryan, MD, MPH

Version Date: 12-22-2016




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, Table of Contents

Cardiac Anatomy 1 Heart Sounds 80
Cardiac Physiology 3 Heart Murmurs 83
Blood Flow Mechanics 9 Heart Failure Basics 88
Regulation of Blood Pressure 13 Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure 94
PV Loops 16 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy 97
Wiggers’ Diagram 20 Acute Heart Failure 100
Venous Pressure Tracings 22 Chronic Heart Failure 105
Starling Curve 24 Cardiac Embryology 109
Cardiac Ischemia 27 Shunts 112
STEMI 32 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease 116
Unstable Angina/NSTEMI 35 Coarctation of the Aorta 121
Stable angina 37 Hypertension 124
EKG Basics 42 Secondary Hypertension 127
High Yield EKGs 47 Hypertension drugs 131
Action Potentials 51 Valve Disease 139
AV and Bundle Branch Blocks 55 Shock 145
Atrial Fibrillation 60 Pericardial Disease 149
AVNRT 66 Aortic dissection 154
WPW 68 Cardiac Tumors 158
Antiarrhythmic Drugs 69 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 160
Endocarditis 164




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