Table of Contents
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Part I: General Considerations of Cardiovascular Disease
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
- Economics and Cardiovascular Disease
Part II: Examination of the Patient
- The History
- Physical Examination of the Heart
- Electrocardiography
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Echocardiography
- Radiology of the Heart
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Newer Cardiac Imaging Modalities: Magnetic Resonanance Imaging and Computed
Tomography
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Coronary Arteriography
- Relative Merits of Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques
Part III: Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Function: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias
- Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation
- Assessment of Cardiac Function
- Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
- Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure
- Treatment of Heart Failure: Pharmacologic Methods
- Treatment of Heart Failure: Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted Circulation
- Clinical Management of Heart Failure
- Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations
- Management of the Patient with Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Pacemakers
- Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death
- Hypotension and Syncope
Part IV: Hypertensive and Atherosclerotic CV Disease
- Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis
- Systemic Hypertension: Therapy
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- Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis Disease
- Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
- Lipid Lowering Trials
- Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Unstable Angina and Prinzmetal's Angina
- Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
- Percutaneous Coronary and Vascular Intervention
- Comprehensive Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
- Diseases of the Aorta
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Extracardiac Vascular Interventions
Part V: Diseases of the Heart, Pericardium, & Pulmonary Vascular Bed
- Congenital Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood
- Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
- Acquired Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Infective Endocarditis
- Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditides
- Primary Tumors of the Heart
- Pericardial Disease
- Traumatic Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cor Pulmonale
Part VI: Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Clinical Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease
Part VII: Cardiovascular Disease in Special Population
- Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women
- Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes
- Medical Management of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
- General Anesthesia and Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease
Part VIII: Cardiovascular Disease and Disorders of Other Organ Systems
- Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis and Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus and the Cardiovascular System
- The Heart in Endocrine Disorders
- Pregnancy and Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rheumatic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System
- Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals
- Hematologic-Oncologic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
- Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
- Neurologic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
- Renal Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
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