(BQ) Part 1 book “Swanton’s cardiology” has contents: Cardiac symptoms and physical signs, congenital heart disease, valve disease, the cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, cardiac failure. | Swanton’s Cardiology Swanton’s Cardiology: A concise guide to clinical practice Sixth Edition By R. H. Swanton and S. Banerjee © 2008 R H Swanton and S Banerjee. ISBN: 978-1-405-17819-8 To Lindsay and Robin: with all our thanks for their patience, and for keeping our tummies full when our minds were empty. Swanton’s Cardiology A concise guide to clinical practice . Swanton MA, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC Consultant Cardiologist The Heart Hospital University College London Hospitals Westmoreland Street London W1G 8PH S. Banerjee MBChB, MD, MRCP Consultant Cardiologist East Surrey Hospital Surrey and Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust Canada Avenue, Redhill Surrey RH1 5RH The Heart Hospital University College London Hospitals Westmoreland Street London W1G 8PH SIXTH EDITION © 2008 R H Swanton and S Banerjee © 1984, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003 by Blackwell Science Ltd Published by Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5020, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of the Author to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 1984 Italian edition 1986 Spanish edition 1986 Second edition 1989 Yugoslav edition 1990 1 Italian edition 1991 German edition 1994 Third edition 1994 Polish edition 1994 Fourth edition 1998 Polish edition 1998 Fifth edition 2003 Italian edition 2006 Russian edition 2008 Sixth edition 2008 2008 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swanton,