Description
Written for the specialist who inherits the cardiac problem
The nephrologist managing volume in a patient with an ejection fraction of 25 per cent, the anaesthetist deciding whether aortic stenosis of a given gradient can tolerate a spinal, the endocrinologist whose patient has started a GLP-1 agonist with known coronary disease — none of these doctors need a cardiology textbook. They need the cardiology that intersects their own discipline, at the depth a decision requires and no deeper.
That is the organising principle of this 411-page, 19-chapter reference. It is arranged by the clinical situation rather than by cardiac anatomy, so a surgeon looking up perioperative risk in a patient with a drug-eluting stent placed four months ago finds an answer written for a surgeon.
Its place in the Academy curriculum
This is foundation reading for Academy members whose primary specialty is not cardiology, and it is the volume most often recommended to consultants joining the Academy from anaesthesia, critical care, nephrology and internal medicine. It also serves final-year students who need to hold cardiology at working depth without committing to the full training-grade texts.
What the chapters cover
Perioperative cardiac assessment and antiplatelet interruption. Heart failure in the presence of renal impairment. Arrhythmia recognition for the non-cardiologist, with the threshold for calling for help stated explicitly. Cardiac drug interactions across specialties. Chest pain triage. Valvular disease in the context of non-cardiac surgery. Cardio-oncology. Cardiac complications of endocrine and autoimmune disease.
Throughout, the antithrombotic sections use standard terminology — DAPT, TAT, DAT, HAS-BLED — and reference the trials that set current duration guidance, including TWILIGHT, AUGUSTUS and PIONEER AF-PCI, so a specialist can follow the reasoning back to its source rather than accepting a rule.
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