V Jacob Jose MD DM card, MS Univ of Penn, FCCP, FACC, FIAE
Professor of Cardiology Department of Cardiology Christian Medical College Hospital Vellore, Chennai
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Manual of Cardiology
© 2007, V Jacob Jose
All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher.
First Edition: 2007
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To
My daughters
Riya Jose
and
Nisha Jose
7PREFACE
There are excellent monographs in cardiology for cardiologists, but there exists none for the undergraduates in Medicine. I felt this problem when I was taking classes for our undergraduates. Hence I decided that some of the notes that I distribute to medical students during their classes be made into a book. The idea was to keep it as simple as possible but at the same time to give them a full understanding of the subject. Since this is a small book, over simplification was unavoidable. I am sure students will find this as a basic text and will use the regular reference books to expand their knowledge.
I am deeply indebted to our Director, Dr. George Chandy for giving me the permission to publish this book. I would also like to express my due thanks to my colleagues in the department who have critically looked at the text of this book.
I wish to express my thanks to Dr. Noah Chelliah, who was kind enough to give some of the teaching slides he has been using in USA. These slides have been incorporated in the section of arrhythmias.
I also would like to express my sincere thanks to my secretary Ms. Deepa Dayalan for typing and proof reading.
I would welcome your critical comments or suggestions regarding this book, so that we will incorporate the same in our next edition.
V Jacob Jose