The reasoning behind every cardiology decision, tested the way the board examination tests it.
Cardiology rewards the physician who knows why. Why the wedge pressure misleads in mitral stenosis, why one wide-complex tachycardia needs a shock and another needs adenosine, why a patient with preserved ejection fraction is breathless at a normal heart rate. Advanced Clinical Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine teaches that reasoning first, then makes you use it.
Written by Alex J. Garcia, MD, Michael V. Burnett, MD, and Rosetta S. Mahon, RN, this New Edition is current with the major guidelines through 2026, including the 2025 valvular, hypertension, and myocarditis and pericarditis guidance, the 2026 acute pulmonary embolism and dyslipidemia guidelines, and the trials that changed practice along the way. Its 30 chapters move through eight parts, from cardiovascular evaluation, coronary disease, and heart failure to arrhythmias, valve disease, the pericardium, congenital and pulmonary vascular disease, hypertension and the aorta, and the special populations every cardiologist sees.
What you will work through
- 30 chapters that explain the physiology and the evidence behind each decision, not only the decision
- 300 board-style questions, ten after every chapter, each a clinical vignette with five options
- Explanations that teach: the mechanism or evidence, why the answer is right, the trap in the wrong options, and the point for practice, closed by a one-line key principle
- 34 figures, including 13 electrocardiograms and rhythm strips and 9 pressure and waveform tracings drawn to scale, some set beneath questions so you read them as you would on the exam
- 25 clinical vignettes that follow one patient from presentation to plan
- Key Concepts at the end of every chapter for fast review
- 50 dosing and reference tables checked against current labeling, and a 178-term glossary
Plus 300 more questions you have not seen
Your purchase includes 300 new board-style questions that repeat nothing in the book, in an online exam in computer-based testing format with timed blocks, mark and strike-out tools, a lab values sheet, and scoring by chapter, or in tutor mode with an explanation after every answer. You also get 300 digital flashcards, a printable copy of the bank, and an Anki-ready flashcard file. Scan the QR code on the last page to start; no account or code is needed.
Built for cardiology fellows preparing for board certification, cardiologists preparing for recertification, and internists, hospitalists, and advanced practice clinicians who want the reasoning behind modern cardiovascular care in one place.
