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,Nuclear
Cardiology, and MP,ICT 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 Assisted
Circulation
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 Sudden
Cardiac 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 Myocardial
Infarction
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