Titlebook: Essential Cardiology; David Vérel Book 1973 David Vérel 1973 cardiology

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Disorders of rhythm, patient depends on their effect upon the performance of the heart as a pump. This is simply that they make the heart go too fast (see page 29), too slow (see page 30) or stop. Many are of little clinical importance, but it is important to be familiar with their appearance as they may be mistaken fo

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Bacterial endocarditis, due to bacteria present in the blood stream settling on some abnormal area of the heart, usually a diseased valve or septal defect. It is most common on the mitral and aortic valves, rare on the pulmonary valve, and very uncommon on the tricuspid valve. Patent ductus and ventricular septal defects

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Hypertensive heart disease,eral resistance. These two determine the pressure, but are themselves dependent on many other factors. Thus, we have seen how the change in position from lying to standing involves complicated adjustments to maintain the pressure in the arteries supplying the brain (see page 21). This adjustment of