Bolest na hrudi – Hoch Jiří (2022)

Chest pain is one of the most dramatic symptoms in medicine that requires timely response. Chest pain is a subjective unpleasant physical sensation. It can manifest in various ways, such as pressure, heaviness, tightness, burning, and can escalate to unbearable suffering, potentially ending fatally if a timely and correct diagnosis is not made. A comprehensive view of this symptom, which touches on almost all medical fields, has not yet been addressed in this scope in Czech literature. The book is structured into two main parts. The general part includes chapters on anatomy, physiology, propedeutics, biochemical examination, and examination methods from basic to highly specialized. The special part is a broad differential diagnosis of chest pain processed according to the nosological units of all fields that may encounter chest pain. The chapters were prepared by top specialists (cardiologist, angiologist, pulmonologist, gastroenterologist, pediatrician, infectious disease specialist, dermatologist, mammologist, urologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, gerontologist, oncologist, surgeon, thoracic surgeon, rheumatologist, orthopedist, rehabilitation physician). The book is particularly interesting for general practitioners, emergency doctors, and those in admission departments...