xx, 2297 pages : 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Examination of the patient: History -- Physical examination of the heart and circulation -- Electrocardiography -- Exercise stress testing -- Radiology of the heart andgreat vessels -- Nuclear cardiology -- Newer cardiac imaging techniques, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography -- Cardiac catheterization -- Coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasonography -- Relative merits of imaging techniques

Normal and abnormal circulatory function: Mechanisms of cardiac contraction and relaxation -- Assessment of normal and abnormal cardiac function -- Pathophysiology of heart failure -- Clinical aspects of heart failure -- Treatment of heart failure: pharmacolocial methods -- Treatment of heart failure: assisted circulation -- Heart and heart-lung transplantation -- Management of heart failure -- Genesis of cardiac arrhythmias -- Management of the patient with cardiac arrhythmias -- Cardiac pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators -- Specific arryhthmias: diagnosis and treatment -- Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death -- Hypotension and syncope

Hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Systemic hypertension: mecahnisms and diagnosis -- Systemic hypertension: therapy -- The Vascular biology of atherosclerosis -- Risk factors for atherosclerotic disease -- Primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease -- Lipid-lowering trials -- Coronary blood flow and myocardial ischemia -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Unstable angina -- Chronic coronary artery disease -- Percutaneous coronary and valvular intervention -- Comprehensive rehabilitation of patients with coronary artery disease -- Diseases of the arota -- Peripheral arterial diseases -- Extracardiac vascular interventions

Diseases of the heart, pericardium, and pulmonary vascular bed: Congenital heart disease in infancy and childhood -- Congenital heart disease in adults -- Acquired heart disease in children -- Vascualr heart disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Cardiomyopathies and myocarditides -- Primary tumors of the heart -- Pericardial diseases -- Traumatic heart disease -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Cor pulmonate -- Principles of cardiovascular molecular biology -- Genetics and cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease in special populations: Cardiovascular disease in the elderly -- Coronary artery disease in athletes -- Medical management of the patient undergoing cardiac surgery -- General anesthesia and noncardiac surgery in patients with heart disease

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 cardiovascular disease -- Rheumatic fever -- Rheumatic diseases and the cardiovascular system -- Cardiovascular abnormalities in HIV-infected individuals -- Hematological-oncological disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Psychiatric and behavioral aspects of cardovascular disease -- Neurological disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Renal disorders and cardiovascular disease

Legacy 2017

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