Contents

 

About the publisher

About The BMJ

About the editors

Introduction to Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine

Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in young competitive athletes

Michael Papadakis, Greg Whyte, Sanjay Sharma

Hypercholesterolaemia and its management

Deepak Bhatnagar, Handrean Soran, Paul N Durrington

Investigation and management of congestive heart failure

Bruce Arroll, Robert Doughty, Victoria Andersen

Diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardia

Zachary I Whinnett, S M Afzal Sohaib, D Wyn Davies

Management of atrial fibrillation

Carmelo Lafuente-Lafuente, Isabelle Mahé, Fabrice Extramiana

Anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation

Benjamin A Steinberg, Jonathan P Piccini

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Steven A Lubitz, Avi Fischer, Valentin Fuster

Clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes

Doson Chua, Andrew Ignaszewski

Anticipating and managing bleeding complications in patients with coronary stents who are receiving dual antiplatelet treatment

Neeraj Bhala, Jaspal S Taggar, Praveen Rajasekhar, Amitava Banerjee

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for chronic heart failure and conduction delay

Richard M Cubbon, Klaus K A Witte

Degenerative aortic stenosis

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, Vincent L Sorrell, Allan C Hudson, Helen Lovaas

Evaluating cardiovascular risk assessment for asymptomatic people

Ian A Scott

Inherited cardiomyopathies

Hariharan Raju, Corinna Alberg, Gurdeep S Sagoo, Hilary Burton, Elijah R Behr

Resistant hypertension

Aung Myat, Simon R Redwood, Ayesha C Qureshi, John A Spertus, Bryan Williams

Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management

David G Kiely, Charlie A Elliot, Ian Sabroe, Robin Condliffe

Difficult to treat asthma in adults

Graeme P Currie, J Graham Douglas, Liam G Heaney

Management and prevention of exacerbations of COPD

Shawn D Aaron

How to investigate a patient with suspected interstitial lung disease

Owen J Dempsey, Keith M Kerr, Hardy Remmen, Alan R Denison

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

Steven Powell, Haytham Kubba, Chris O’Brien, Mike Tremlett

An overview of how asbestos exposure affects the lung

Graeme P Currie, Stephen J Watt, Nick A Maskell

The changing epidemiology of lung cancer with a focus on screening

Gerard A Silvestri, Anthony J Alberg, James Ravenel

Sarcoidosis

Owen J Dempsey, Edward W Paterson, Keith M Kerr, Alan R Denison