Clinical Cases in the Management of Complex Cardiovascular Disease, 1st ed. 2023 Clinical Cases in Cardiology Series

The cases presented in this book represent a cross-section of clinical cardiology experience in a very busy academic hospital. It provides a practical resource for diagnosing and treating complex cases especially for early career cardiologists. A unique feature of this book is the many examples of both rare and common cardiology consults, exploring the patient history, physical examination, ECG, echocardiography and other diagnostic tests, and treatment options.

Clinical Cases in the Management of Complex Cardiovascular Disease provides an exceptional resource for clinicians who wants to be involved in cardiology consults. Consequently, it is important reading for cardiologists, cardiology residents, internists and intensive care physicians.

Digoxin toxicity induced frequent arrhythmia.- Myocarditis and cardiogenic shock.- Alcohol induced cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic shock.- Interactable hypokalemia  and torsade de pointes.- Complete heart block and  clot in RCA.- Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with HOCM.- Saddle pulmonary embolism and intractable atrial fibrillation.- ST elevation MI and spontaneous coronary artery dissection.- Frequent inappropriate ICD shock.- Post dialysis hypotention ,new diagnosis of HOCM.- Hyperparathyroidism and calcified Mitral and aortic valve disease.- Cardiac amyloidosis and syncope.- TV endocarditis and recurrent septic embolism.- Recurrent chest pain and lytic lesion in spine.- Acute type A aortic  dissection in a young man.- Prostate cancer and tachycardia.- Cocaine and tachycardia.- VT or artifact.- Atrial flutter vs flecainide effect.- ST depression in Holter, associated with chest pain.- Hypotension post below knee amputation.- Shortness of breath on exertion and Mobitz type 2 AV block.- Stroke and mitral valve endocarditis.- Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response and heart failure with reduced EF.- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.- Beker dystrophy and cardiomyopathy.- HOCM and aortic valve stenosis presents at the same time.

Dr Rohani is a consultant cardiologist from 2006, who trained as an echocardiography fellow at McMaster University, 2013, currently works as an assistant professor at Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada. A passionate physician, who has dedicated many hours to learning, teaching, and practicing cardiology. She has spent many long hours and into the night searching to discover, diagnose and treat patients with complex and rare symptoms and pathology.

Provides a thorough approach to the diagnosis of complex cardiology cases Describes acute treatment options for complex cases Comprehensively covers a wide range of challenging cardiology cases