Contributors
Preface
SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
  1 Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System
  2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
  3  Approach to the Patient with Possible
SECTION II DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
  4 Chest Discomfort
  5 Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema
  6 Hypoxia and Cyanosis
  7 Edema
  8 Palpitations
  9 Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System
  10 Approach to the Patient with a Heart Murmur
  11 Electrocardiography
  12 Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography,NuclearCardiology, and MP,I/CT Imaging
  13 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography
SECTION III HEART RHYTHM DISTURBANCES
  14 Principles ofElectrophysiology
  15 The Bradyarrhythmias
  16 The Tachyarrhythmias
SECTION IV DISORDERS OF THE HEART
  17 Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
  18 Cardiac Transplantation and Prolonged AssistedCirculation
  19 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
  20 Valvular Heart Disease
  21 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis
  22 Pericardial Disease
  23 Tumors and Trauma of the Heart
  24 Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Disease
  25 Infective Endocarditis
  26 Acute Rheumatic Fever
  27 Chagas" Disease
  28 Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema
  29 Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and SuddenCardiac Death
SECTION V DISORDERS OF THE VASCULATURE
  30 The Pathogenesis, Prevention, and
  31 Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism
  32 The Metabolic Syndrome
  33 Ischemic Heart Disease
  34 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation MyocardialInfarction
  35 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  36 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  87 HypertensiveVascular Disease
  38 Diseases of the Aorta
  39 Vascular Diseases of the Extremities
  40 Pulmonary Hypertension
SECTION VI CARDIOVASCULAR ATLASES
  41 Atlas of Electrocardiography
  42 Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
  43 Atlas of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  44 Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization
Appendix
Review and Self-Assessment
Index