Clinical cardiology is an essential qualification to become a good noninvasive clinical cardiologist and interventional cardiologist. With an aim to provide a comprehensive review on clinical cardiology, the “CSI Cardiology Update 2018” a cardiology update book has been presented. This book is divided into 24 sections which comprises of 154 chapters. The book comprises of chapters from the leading experts in the field of cardiology from India and overseas. The chapters encompasses the information from making of cardiologist, primary prevention, coronary artery disease, heart failure, preventive cardiology and atrial fibrillation to echocardiography and imaging and cardiovascular therapeutics which not only reflect the data but also allow implications of the data in Indian scenario. It can be used as an updated reference book. The highlighting feature of this book is that all chapters have been written in the Indian scenario and various clinical trials dealing with different patients suffering from cardiac disease. This will be very useful in clinical practice.

Key Features

• A comprehensive compilation of our current understanding of various disease processes and their management in Cardiology.

• The book includes articles from the leading experts in the field of Cardiology from India and overseas.

• Provide up-to-date information from available research, and decode them allowing the reader to understand the implications in Indian scenario.

• Divided into 24 sections having 154 chapters the book will enhance knowledge and has the potential to provide ideas for innovation and new research in the field.

• The book covers a lot of chapters that reflect the theme of the Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India, 2018 -‘Translating Recent Advances into Regional Needs’

• A valuable resource for clinicians and postgraduates in every day clinical practice.

Contents

SECTION 1: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE RISK FACTORS
SECTION 2: LIPIDS AND DIET
SECTION 3: DIABETES AND HEART
SECTION 4: HYPERTENSION
SECTION 5: CHRONIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
SECTION 6: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
SECTION 7: ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
SECTION 8: DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY
SECTION 9: CORONARY INTERVENTION
SECTION 10: INTERVENTION IN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
SECTION 11: CARDIAC IMAGING
SECTION 12: CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
SECTION 13: HEART FAILURE
SECTION 14: SYNCOPE
SECTION 15: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
SECTION 16: VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
SECTION 17: CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
SECTION 18: CARDIAC SURGERY
SECTION 19: STROKE
SECTION 20: PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
SECTION 21: WOMEN AND HEART DISEASE
SECTION 22: SYSTEMIC DISEASES AND HEART
SECTION 23: EMERGING ISSUES IN CARDIOLOGY
SECTION 24: MISCELLANEOUS