JW Hurst. 197 pages. St. Louis: Mosby-Wolfe; 1995. $29.95. ISBN 0-7234-2469-1. Order phone 800-633-6699.
This unconventional textbook of cardiology opens with four chapters that review the essentials of history taking, physical examination, cardiac roentgenology, and electrocardiography needed to solve the 50 "puzzles" that follow. The puzzles represent composite cases seen by Hurst in his office or in teaching settings. Each puzzle-case opens with concise descriptions of the history and physical findings, diagrams of the heart sounds heard and the chest film seen, and the electrocardiographic interpretation with a diagram of the electrocardiographic vectors; the following page gives Hurst's discussion of the facts presented, his interpretation of those facts, and the final diagnosis. Here is a new resource for self-testing.
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