Learning Cardiac Auscultation : From Essentials to Expert Clinical Interpretation / edited by Allen J. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Allen J., editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Cardiology.

Nursing.

Primary care (Medicine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition 2015.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

The foundation of this handbook lies in the supremacy of careful, clinical observation in medicine. The science and application of auscultation, albeit not without its imperfections, represent a learnable, tangible, personal approach to assessment of the heart and remains crucial in medical practice. Today's medicine tends towards the high tech, discarding simple approaches that can and should steer clinicians towards when to utilize expensive testing, and at the most can, potentially, outperform technology for accurate cardiovascular diagnosis. Within a cost conscious, personalized approach to medicine, the art of clinical examination of the heart could never be more alive, or more important. Technology needs a clinically informed platform upon which to provide benefits to patients with careful clinical observation providing proper identification of patients in need of additional testing and avoiding unnecessary expensive testing. Learning Cardiac Auscultation: From Essentials to Expert Clinical Interpretation provides a clinically-oriented approach to the astute observation of heart sounds and other aspects of the cardiovascular examination. It describes key clinical and auscultation features, and clinical clues to the diagnosis. More importantly, auscultation of the heart should not just end with a simple diagnosis, but an unearthing of nuances of the diagnosis, for example, describing the possible severity or diagnostic implications of the auscultation findings.

Contents:

Introduction to Cardiac Auscultation

Dynamic Auscultation

Stethoscope Performance

Aortic Sclerosis

Aortic Stenosis

Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Aortic Regurgitation

Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Mitral Regurgitation

Flail Mitral Leaflet

Mitral Stenosis

The Austin Flint Murmur

Mitral Valve Prolapse

Pulmonic Valve: Pulmonic Regurgitation

Pulmonic Valve: Pulmonic Stenosis

Pulmonic Valve: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Tricuspid Valve: Tricuspid Regurgitation

The S3 Gallop

The S4 Gallop

Pericardial Constriction

Prosthetic Heart Valves

The Clinical Assessment of Ejection Fraction and Hemodynamics in Congestive Heart Failure

The Innocent Murmur

Atrial Septal Defect

Ventricular Septal Defect

Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9781447167389

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