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Essentials of Cardiovascular Medicine
by Mark Freed and Cindy Grines, 267 pp, $12.95, ISBN 0-9633886-3-0, Birmingham, Mich, Physicians' Press, 1994.
Stephen Brunton, MD, Reviewer
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center California
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(7):654.
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While Karnak would not necessarily say, "Everything you ever wanted to know is in this book," there is no question that as a pocket-sized, quick reference, this small book provides a wealth of information. This resource should facilitate the busy clinician's expert management of a large variety of cardiovascular conditions. With chapters by respected leaders in the field, including Norman Kaplan, MD, on "Hypertension," Carl Pepine, MD, on "Angina Pectoris," and Antonio Gotto, MD, on "Dyslipidemias," this book could be considered the Cliff Notes of cardiovascular medicine. This abridged text is less than half the cost and size of its parent, Essentials of Cardiovascular Medicine, which has expanded reviews on the topics contained in this manual. However, the ease of use and rapid access to information in this volume provide a convenient way to sneak off to a corner in the ward, office, or intensive care unit for an unobtrusive
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