EECC · ABIM Cardiovascular Disease · FRACP
Cardiology Fellowship Exam Library
A fellowship-depth cardiology library for the European Examination in Core Cardiology (EECC) and ABIM Cardiovascular Disease certification, with FRACP-style written reasoning. Topics, written answers, cases, and structured vivas share one topic identity, and every clinical claim is primary-source cited. Educational exam preparation only — not medical advice.
60Topics
12Chapters
60SAQs
60Cases
49Vivas
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02Begin here
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- 01Acute aortic dissection: type A and type BFellowship-level guide to acute aortic dissection and the acute aortic syndromes under the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guideline on peripheral arterial and aortic diseases and the 2022 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) aortic disease guideline: classification, presentation, the aortic dissection detection-risk score and imaging pathway, anti-impulse therapy, management of acute type A dissection, management of complicated acute type B dissection and of uncomplicated acute type B dissection with high-risk features, malperfusion, intramural haematoma, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, follow-up imaging and heritable aortic disease.hypertension-aorta-peripheral
- 02Acute pericarditis: diagnosis and colchicineFellowship-level guide to acute pericarditis under the 2025 ESC myocarditis and pericarditis guideline, with the 2015 ESC pericardial guideline as history and the 2023 ESC and 2025 ACC/AHA acute coronary syndrome guidelines for pericarditis after myocardial infarction: the ESC 2025 diagnostic criteria, high-risk features and admission, aspirin or NSAID with colchicine as an adjunct, and their doses, corticosteroid rows, incessant and recurrent pericarditis, anti-IL-1 agents for recurrent pericarditis after failure of first-line therapies and corticosteroids with elevated C-reactive protein, post-cardiac injury syndromes, the colchicine trials, and Australian population data.pericardial-myocardial-other
- 03AF ablation: indications, technique and anticoagulationFellowship-level guide to catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation under the 2024 ESC AF and 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS AF guidelines, with the 2026 ESC heart failure row and the 2024 EHRA/HRS/APHRS/LAHRS expert consensus: indications (after drug failure, first-line, heart failure), pulmonary vein isolation and energy sources, thrombus imaging, peri-procedural anticoagulation, complications, OAC after ablation by stroke risk, EAST-AFNET 4, OCEAN and ALONE-AF, left atrial appendage occlusion pointers, and the Australian sources held.arrhythmias
03Chapters
Curriculum map
12 chapters, 60 topics. Each card shows its topic count and how many of those are source-verified.
- 01hypertension-aorta-peripheralSource-verified topics in this chapter:Acute aortic dissection: type A and type B5 topics1
- 02pericardial-myocardial-other2 topics0
- 03heart-failure10 topics0
- 04arrhythmias12 topics0
- 05valvular-heart-disease7 topics0
- 06adult-congenital-heart-disease1 topic0
- 07imaging-noninvasive5 topics0
- 08special-populations1 topic0
- 09prevention-risk3 topics0
- 10ischaemic-heart-disease9 topics0
- 11acute-cardiovascular-care2 topics0
- 12pulmonary-circulation3 topics0
04Formats
How Cardio is practised
- Topics60Fellowship-depth topics across arrhythmia, heart failure, ischaemia, valves, imaging, prevention, and the pulmonary circulation.
- SAQs60Structured written scenarios with mark-allocated model answers.
- Cases60Practice case discussions worked from presentation to management.
- Vivas49Structured clinical oral scripts with examiner-style follow-ups.
PubMed-cited claims · MCQ, SAQ, case and viva formats · Educational exam preparation only — not medical advice.