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Series editor’s foreword vPrefaces viAcknowledgement viiSeries editor’s acknowledgement viiiRapid UKMLA Index ix Section 1 The basics 11 Cardiac anatomy, physiology and development 3 2 The cardiac cycle, control of cardiac output andhaemodynamic regulation 15 3 ECG interpretation 35 4 Other cardiac investigations 41 Section 2 Presenting complaints 49 5 History and examination of the cardiovascular system 516 Chest pain 59 7 Breathlessness and peripheral oedema 678 Palpitations 759 Syncope 8310 Heart murmurs 91 Section 3 Clinical conditions 101 11 Atherosclerosis and its risk factors 10312 Stable angina and acute coronary syndromes 12313 Heart failure 13914 Arrhythmias 15115 Valvular disease 179 16 Diseases of the myocardium and pericardium 203 17 Congenital heart disease 213 18 Vascular disease 225Self-Assessment 241UKMLA High Yield Association Table 243UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions 249UKMLA SBA Answers 263OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases 277Glossary 301Index