Preface

Part I: General Considerations of Cardiovascular Disease

1. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
2. Economics and Cardiovascular Disease

Part II: Examination of the Patient

3. The History
4. Physical Examination of the Heart
5. Electrocardiography
6. Exercise Stress Testing
7. Echocardiography
8. Radiology of the Heart
9. Nuclear Cardiology
10. Newer Cardiac Imaging Modalities: Magnetic Resonanance Imaging and Computed Tomography
11. Cardiac Catheterization
12. Coronary Arteriography
13. Relative Merits of Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques

Part III: Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Function: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias

14. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation
15. Assessment of Cardiac Function
16. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
17. Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure
18. Treatment of Heart Failure: Pharmacologic Methods
19. Treatment of Heart Failure: Heart-Lung Transplantation
20. Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted Circulation
21. Clinical Management of Heart Failure
22. Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations
23. Management of the Patient with Cardiac Arrhythmias
24. Cardiac Pacemakers
25. Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment
26. Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death
27. Hypotension and Syncope

Part IV: Hypertensive and Atherosclerotic CV Disease

28. Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis
29. Systemic Hypertension: Therapy
30. Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis — sample available online in Adobe Acrobat Format!
31. Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis Disease
32. Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
33. Lipid Lowering Trials
34. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia
35. Acute Myocardial Infarction
36. Unstable Angina and Prinzmetal's Angina
37. Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
38. Percutaneous Coronary and Vascular Intervention
39. Comprehensive Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
40. Diseases of the Aorta
41. Peripheral Vascular Disease
42. Extracardiac Vascular Interventions

Part V: Diseases of the Heart, Pericardium, & Pulmonary Vascular Bed

43. Congenital Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood
44. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
45. Acquired Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood
46. Valvular Heart Disease
47. Infective Endocarditis
48. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditides
49. Primary Tumors of the Heart
50. Pericardial Disease
51. Traumatic Heart Disease
52. Pulmonary Embolism
53. Pulmonary Hypertension
54. Cor Pulmonale

Part VI: Molecular Biology and Genetics

55. Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics
56. Clinical Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease

Part VII: Cardiovascular Disease in Special Population

57. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
58. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
59. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes
60. Medical Management of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
61. General Anesthesia and Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease

Part VIII: Cardiovascular Disease and Disorders of Other Organ Systems

62. Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis and Cardiovascular Disease
63. Diabetes Mellitus and the Cardiovascular System
64. The Heart in Endocrine Disorders
65. Pregnancy and Heart Disease
66. Rheumatic Fever
67. Rheumatic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System
68. Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals
69. Hematologic-Oncologic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
70. Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
71. Neurologic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
72. Renal Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease