Cardiovascular English

Description

After the successful publication of Medical English, Radiological English and Primary Care English by Springer, I considered it a top priority to keep on writing medical English books by specialties, which could become useful tools for health care professionals and medical students all over the world. Being a cardiovascular radiologist myself, Cardiovascular English was one of the first titles that came to my mind when I began to think about a series of medical English books by specialties. In spite of the fact that c- diovascular diseases are my main area of interest, I would not have dared co-write a book on cardiovascular English without the enthusiastic support of Dr. Mejía. This book project started in Benalmadena when, during the dinner after a 1-day course on cardiovascular imaging, Dr. Manuel Concha, a pro- nent figure in cardiac surgery and one of the pioneers of cardiac tra- plants in my country, and who was aware of my idea of writing a card- vascular English book, introduced Dr. Mejía to me saying “Ramón, Sergio is the person you are looking for.” He was absolutely right. Sergio Mejía has been enthusiastically c- mitted to the book project since its inception. Like its predecessors, Cardiovascular English is not written by English teachers and aimed at English students, but it is written by doctors and aimed at doctors. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Methodological Approach to Cardiological English....Pages 1-6 Cardiovascular Grammar....Pages 7-59 Cardiovascular Scientific Literature: Writing an Article....Pages 61-82 Letters to Editors of Cardiovascular Journals....Pages 83-94 Attending an International Cardiological Course....Pages 95-110 Giving a Cardiological Talk....Pages 111-124 Chairing a Cardiovascular Session....Pages 125-133 Usual Mistakes Made by Cardiologists when Speaking and Writing In English....Pages 135-145 Latin and Greek Terminology....Pages 147-175 Acronyms and Abbreviations....Pages 177-204 Cardiovascular Clinical History....Pages 205-218 Cardiovascular Examination....Pages 219-225 Prescribing Medication....Pages 227-234 Echocardiography....Pages 235-242 Invasive Cardiac Imaging: the Cath Lab....Pages 243-253 Electrocardiogram Interpretation....Pages 255-264 Heart Transplantation....Pages 265-271 Clinical Session....Pages 273-279 On Call....Pages 281-288 Conversation Survival Guide....Pages 289-308