CardioBoardExam
A guideline-based cardiology reference library with clinical calculators and board-style practice for cardiovascular disease and cardiac imaging certification.
Reference library
Each page addresses one disease or test, with guideline recommendations, tables, and references.
Pharmacology
- Renin-angiotensin inhibitors
- Antianginal drugs
- Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Anticoagulant bleeding and reversal
- AF with PCI: triple and dual therapy
- Beta-blockers
- Calcium channel blockers
- Drug interactions and dosing
- Colchicine and anti-inflammatory therapy
- Digoxin
- Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)
- Diuretics
- Drug-induced cardiovascular disease
- Dual antiplatelet therapy
- Fibrinolytic therapy
- GLP-1 receptor agonists and tirzepatide
- Add-on HFrEF drugs
- Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists
- Nonstatin LDL-lowering therapies
- Parenteral anticoagulants and HIT
- PAH therapy
- SGLT2 inhibitors
- Statins
- Vasopressors and inotropes
- Warfarin
Clinical calculators
Each calculator accompanies the reference text that explains it and applies thresholds from the cited guidelines.
- CHA₂DS₂-VASc and CHA₂DS₂-VA calculator
- HAS-BLED calculator
- DOAC dose by creatinine clearance and interacting drugs
- 2024 AHA/ACC ICD pathway
- HCM Risk-SCD estimate
- HEART score
- GRACE risk score, in-hospital death
- DAPT score
- PRECISE-DAPT score
- PREVENT and Pooled Cohort Equations risk calculator
- MESA 10-year coronary heart disease risk with coronary calcium
- Aortic valve area calculator
Practice questions
Board-style practice questions for four certification examinations, with guideline-based explanations.
For cardiovascular disease certification
Cardiovascular Medicine
Coronary disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, valvular disease, and vascular disease, with guideline-based explanations.
400 questions
For the ASCeXAM
Adult Echocardiography
Doppler and instrumentation, valvular hemodynamics, chamber quantification, diastolic function, adult congenital heart disease, cardiac masses, and pericardial physiology.
80 questions
For the CBNC examination
Nuclear Cardiology
SPECT and PET perfusion, radiopharmaceuticals, instrumentation and processing, attenuation artifacts, viability, risk stratification, and radiation safety.
80 questions
For the CBCCT examination
Cardiac CT
Acquisition and contrast protocols, artifacts, plaque and stenosis assessment, CAD-RADS 2.0, CT-derived fractional flow reserve, calcium scoring, and structural and congenital CT.
80 questions
Books
The Complete Board Review: Cardiovascular Medicine
Review for the certification and recertification examinations in cardiovascular medicine.
Paperback · Kindle
The Complete Echo Board Review
Adult echocardiography for the ASCeXAM, with board-style questions, calculations, hemodynamics, TEE, and integrated cases.
Paperback
Nuclear Cardiology: The High-Yield Path to CBNC Success
Physics, instrumentation, protocols, interpretation, and radiation safety for the CBNC examination.
Paperback · Kindle
The Complete Cardiac CT Board Review
Cardiac CT for CBCCT certification, clinical interpretation, and practice.
Paperback
Foundations of Cardiology
A textbook for cardiology fellows, from basic principles to complex cardiovascular medicine.
Paperback · Kindle