Cardiology

Cardiology: Expert Consult - Online and Print (Cardiology (Mosby))
$229.00
With your heavy case load, you can't afford to waste time searching for answers. Online and in print, Cardiology, 3rd Edition, by Drs. Crawford, DiMarco, and Paulus, offers you just the practical, problem-based guidance you need to quickly overcome any clinical challenge. 8 color-coded sections cover the 8 major clinical syndromes of cardiovascular disease-each section a virtual "mini textbook" on its topic! 40 new chapters keep you up to date with the latest advances in the field, while more than 2,000 lavish, high-quality illustrations, color photographs, tables, and ECGs capture clinical manifestations as they present in practice. Expert Consult functionality enables you to reference the complete contents from any location...and find the guidance you need in less time. It's current, actionable information that you can put to work immediately for your patients!

Offers a problem-based approach that integrates basic science, diagnostic investigations, and therapeutic management in one place for each cardiovascular disease so you can quickly find all of the actionable knowledge you need without flipping from one section to another.
Features introductory bulleted highlights in each chapter that present the most pertinent information at a glance.
Presents abundant algorithms to expedite clinical decision making.
Includes more than 2,000 lavish, high-quality illustrations, color photographs, tables, and ECGs that capture clinical manifestations as they present in practice, and promote readability and retention.

Includes 40 new chapters including Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in CHD, Management of the Cyanotic Patient with CHD, Special Problems for the Cardiology Consultant Dealing with Bariatric/Gastric Bypass - and many more - that equip you with all of the latest knowledge.
Presents "Special Problem" sections-many new to this edition-that provide practical advice on problems that can be difficult to treat.
Features online access through expertconsult.com where you can search the entire contents, download illustrations for your electronic presentations, and more.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders
$75.00
This book is a wonderful resource, containing synopses of the most current recommendations from the leading organizations in Cardiology. There are also chapters devoted to the evaluation of patients for non-cardiac surgery, and the appropriate evaluation of common symptoms (like palpitations, chest pain, etc). I'd recommend this text to provider students and providers alike.

Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook, Third Edition
$169.95
I am using this book as a review for CV Boards, which is why I think most people buy this book and what is was originally intended for. First the negative. This book is an easy read, you can usually get through a chapter (~ 10 pages) in 1/2 hour - 45 minutes with decent retention. Problem is there are 126 Chapters!! The time input is not necessarily the issue though, the main issue is that there seems to be a lot of "fat" in the book which needs to be trimmed. There is a lot in here which could have been done without, such as genetic, pathophysiologic, and pharmacologic minutiae which appears superfluous for board review. I think another reviewer put it best with the red pen remark. I realize that Mayo is trying to develop this IP into something of a review-cum-textbook, but I think this schizophrenic approach hampers rather than helps its overall usefulness. Most people either want a review or a reference textbook, but not something in-between. Finally, I think the organization of the book could use a little work. This may be a result of multiple authors which contributes to a sometimes inconsistent style from chapter to chapter--again, the need for better editing. Some chapters seem to place more emphasis on CV Board review than others--a feature made more obvious by the omission of the very useful "CV Board Points" in some chapters.

On the flip side, this book is well-written and, as mentioned above, easy to read. There are beautiful images--both color and non. The ECGs are well-depicted and references appropriately from the text within chapters. The section on ECG review is very useful.

Overall, as a CV review this is now an "OK" source. I would recommend it with only minor reservation as depicted above.

Clinical Cardiology Made Ridiculously Simple (Edition 3 - 2009)
$35.95
The product description states that this book works for nurses and other health care professionals other than MDs. I have been a nurse for 5 years, and I have difficulty following this book. Definitely not "ridiculously simple."