Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians [Perfect Paperback]

Elias Hanna (Author), Roberto Quintal (Author), Neeraj Jain (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0982292112 | ISBN-13: 978-0982292112 | Publication Date: June 22, 2009 | Edition: 1st

An outstanding addition to the library of the busy clinician, fellow, resident or medical student. This compact but comprehensive handbook covers all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. Containing over 300 EKGs, figures, flowcharts and tables with complete references for advanced reading, this book will prove a great resource to all those treating cardiac disorders.

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Elias Hanna has written a book that is remarkable in several ways: First, it is a single- authored text, which is a rarity in the 21st century for a work covering a field as broad as cardiology. Second, true to its title, Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians provides quick reference to various topics yet covers each in a thorough manner. This makes it user friendly in our world of rapidly expanding knowledge and seemingly shrinking time. Third, the book is an appropriate reference for persons in various stages of learning, from the medical student to the practicing cardiologist a range of interest much desired by authors and publishers, but rarely achieved. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines for the management of different cardiac conditions have unequivocally improved outcomes and have an appropriately prominent place in Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians. Electrocardiography also occupies a conspicuous position in the text by dint of its noninvasive, inexpensive, diagnostic capabilities that have made it arguably the most important portion of the cardiovascular boardexamination. Elias Hanna has an exceptional grasp of cardiovascular disease, and, with the editorial aid of two of his colleagues in the Section of Cardiology of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, he has given us Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians, packed with easy-to-understand diagnostic and therapeutic information. --D. Luke Glancy New Orleans, LA December 2008

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Scrub Hill Press, Inc.; 1st edition (June 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982292112
• ISBN-13: 978-0982292112
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding work, October 4, 2009

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I recently read with pleasure Dr Hanna's manual. Being a cardiology fellow, I have used in the past other cardiology manuals but I find this one more helpful and much easier to read and learn practical ideas from. I am really impressed. Clinical chapters are very well organized and thoroughly address practical dilemmas, some of which are not well addressed in major textbooks! The information is clear, well outlined and well referenced. The chapters on ACS and ACS pharmacology, stable angina, heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial diseases, peripheral arterial diseases, pulmonary hypertension and syncope are simply outstanding. The ECG and echocardiography chapters are certainly a big plus in comparison to other available cardiology manuals. ECG criteria are clearly interpreted and well illustrated with plenty of examples, with an excellent approach to the analysis and differential diagnosis of ischemia on ECG. Also, there are over 55 thoroughly interpreted ECG and arrhythmias tests. The echocardiography chapter is also well illustrated and addresses practical caveats in valvular disease evaluation. The hemodynamic and coronary intervention chapters are compact and high-yield.
I believe this book would help cardiology fellows, certainly the junior fellows but also the more senior fellows like me (it will serve as a useful review). It would also help medicine residents and interested medical students. I wish I read such a book in my residency.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars concise, August 10, 2011

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concise with with just the right amount of material, especially useful in a busy out patient department where one needs information without the extraneous details.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent handbook!!!, December 28, 2009

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I have reviewed this handbook,written by Dr Hanna, and find it to be extremely helpful.I am currently in my first year of fellowship and realized that this handbook serves my purpose well. The chapters are well laid out and the illustrations are excellent. The author seems to have a thorough grasp of the subject and is update with the latest trials in the field of cardiology.
The first few chapters on Ischemic heart disease are worth reading,just like the rest of the book. The ECG,cardiac catheterization and echo chapters are well written and for a new cardiology fellow it is of immense help. I use this handbook on a day to day basis and it answers most ,if not all of my questions.Of course,it is not going to supplement Braunwalds or other bulky textbooks ,but it sure does serve the purpose well,on a busy ward/unit/clinic days for a quick review.
I would have no hesitation recommending this book to all cardiology fellows and medicine residents and even general practioners.Excellent handbook of cardiology!!!