Cardiovascular English

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVII

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2. Methodological Approach to Cardiological English

   Pages 1-6

3. Cardiovascular Grammar

   Pages 7-59

4. Cardiovascular Scientific Literature: Writing an Article

   Pages 61-82

5. Letters to Editors of Cardiovascular Journals

   Pages 83-94

6. Attending an International Cardiological Course

   Pages 95-110

7. Giving a Cardiological Talk

   Pages 111-124

8. Chairing a Cardiovascular Session

   Pages 125-133

9. Usual Mistakes Made by Cardiologists when Speaking and Writing In English

   Pages 135-145

10. Latin and Greek Terminology

    Pages 147-175

11. Acronyms and Abbreviations

    Pages 177-204

12. Cardiovascular Clinical History

    Pages 205-218

13. Cardiovascular Examination

    Pages 219-225

14. Prescribing Medication

    Pages 227-234

15. Echocardiography

    Pages 235-242

16. Invasive Cardiac Imaging: the Cath Lab

    Pages 243-253

17. Electrocardiogram Interpretation

    Pages 255-264

18. Heart Transplantation

    Pages 265-271

19. Clinical Session

    Pages 273-279

20. On Call

    Pages 281-288

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.

• cardiac imaging
• cardiovascular
• echocardiography
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• heart
• heart transplantation
• transplantation

• Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Reina Sofia, Córdoba , Spain

  Ramón Ribes

• Xanit International Hospital, Benalmádena, Spain

  Sergio Mejia

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