Essential Revision notes for the European Exam in Core Cardiology

Section 1. Imaging
1.1: Luigi P. Badano, Elena Surkova, Denisa Muraru, Chiara Palermo, and Patriza Aruta: Echocardiography
1.2: Theo Karamitsos and Chrysovalantou Nikolaidou: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
1.3: Jonathan Rodrigues, Benjamin Hudson, Oliver Gosling, and Kate Liang: Cardiac computed tomography
1.4: Nik Sabharwal and Katharine Thomas: Nuclear techniques
Section 2. Coronary Artery Disease
2.1: Mark Mariathas, and Flo Mouy: Acute coronary syndrome
2.2: Phillip Freeman and Majd Protty: Chronic coronary syndrome
2.3: Dan McKenzie and Paul Brady: Cardiac catheterisation
Section 3. Valvular Heart Disease
3.1: Sarah Hudson, Daniel X Augustine, and James Tomlinson: Aortic valve disease
3.2: Sarah Hudson, Daniel X Augustine, and James Tomlinson: Mitral valve disease
3.3: Sarah Hudson, Daniel X Augustine, and James Tomlinson: Tricuspid valve disease
3.4: Sarah Hudson, Daniel X Augustine, and James Tomlinson: Pulmonary valve disease
3.5: Shaun Robinson and James Tomlinson: Multi-valvular disease
3.6: Sarah Hudson, Daniel X Augustine, and James Tomlinson: Prosthetic valves
3.7: Bernard Prendergast, James Harrison, and James Tomlinson: Infective endocarditis
Section 4. Rhythm disorders
4.1: S M Afzal Sohaib and Mark Elliott: The electrocardiogram
4.2: Boon Lim and Katharine Thomas: Transient loss consciousness
4.3: Richard Bond and Howell Williams: Bradycardia and pacemakers
4.4: Richard Bond, Howell Williams, Christopher Nicholas Floyd, and Alexander Carpenter: Supraventricular tachycardia
4.5: Kim Rajappan and Dan Raine: Atrial fibrillation
4.6: Kim Rajappan and Dan Raine: Atrial flutter
4.7: Richard Bond and Howell Williams: Ventricular arrhythmia
4.8: Richard Bond, Howell Williams, Victoria McKay, and Stewart Brown: Cardiac ion channel dysfunction
4.9: Richard Bond and Howell Williams: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
4.10: Richard Bond and Howell Williams: Cardiac re-synchronisation therapy and His bundle pacing
Section 5. Heart Failure
5.1: Andrew Clark, Abdul Hameed, Christopher Nicholas Floyd, and Alexander Carpenter: Heart failure syndromes
5.2: Angus Nightingale, Eva Sammut, Victoria McKay, Stewart Brown and Rhian Richardson: Cardiomyopthies
5.3: Nav Masani and Abbas Zaidi: Pericardial disease
5.4: Arjun Ghosh: Cardiac tumours
5.5: Arjun Ghosh: Cardio-oncology
Section 6. Acute Cardiovascular Care
6.1: Ben Gibbinson and Ursula McHugh: Acute cardiovascular care
6.2: Richard Bond and Ahmed Merghani: Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
6.3: Richard Bond and Ahmed Merghani: Sudden cardiac death
Section 7. Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sport
7.1: Joyee Basu, Jamie O Driscoll, and Daniel X Augustine: Sports cardiology
7.2: Scott Murray and David Murphy: Primary prevention
7.3: Tim Fairbairn and James Redfern: Arterial hypertension
7.4: Scott Murray, David Murphy, Christopher Nicholas Floyd, and Alexander Carpenter: Dyslipidaemia
7.5: Mimi Z. Chen and Konstantinos Gkastaris: Diabetes
7.6: Dimitra Nikoletou: Cardiac rehabilitation
Section 8. Cardiac Patients in Other Settings
8.1: David Wilson: Aortic disease
8.2: David Wilson: Trauma to the aorta or heart
8.3: Marcus Brooks and Fjalar Elvarsson: Peripheral artery disease
8.4: Jay Suntharalingam and James Harper: Thromboembolic disease
8.5: Gerry Coghlan and Hossam Fayed: Pulmonary hypertension
8.6: Graham Stuart and Victoria North: Adult congenital heart disease
8.7: Stephanie Curtis: Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Section 9. Cardiological Consultation
9.1: James Rosengarten and Hiten Patel: The patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery
9.2: James Choulerton, Helen Sims, Oliver Watkinson, and Laura Pannell: The patient with neurological symptoms
9.3: Diana Vassallo and Dimitrios Poulikakos: The patient with chronic kidney disease
9.4: Patrick Murphy and Georgios Kaltsakas: The patient with pulmonary disease
9.5: John D Pauling and Lesley-Anne Bissell: The patient with rheumatic disorders
9.6: Greg Shaw, Piotr Pawel Swiniarski, and David Ralph: The patient with erectile dysfunction
Section 10. Genetics and Clinical Pharmacology
10.1: Victoria McKay and Stewart Brown: Genetics
10.2: Christopher Nicholas Floyd and Alexander Carpenter: Clinical pharmacology