Cardiovascular medicine

Abstract This chapter discusses cardiovascular medicine, including cardiovascular health, cardiovascular symptoms at the bedside, ECG abnormalities, cardiac imaging, echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular drugs, hypertension, angina pectoris, acute coronary syndromes (ACS), complications of MI, arrhythmias, continuous ECG monitoring, narrow complex tachycardia, broad complex tachycardia, atrial fibrillation (AF) and flutter, pacemakers, heart failure, rheumatic fever (RF), mitral valve disease, aortic valve disease, right heart valve disease, cardiac surgery, systemic diseases, infective endocarditis (IE), diseases of heart muscle, pericardial diseases, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), and driving and the heart.