SECTION Ⅰ INTRODUCTION TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS 2
1 Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System&Joseph Loscalzo,Peter Libby,Eugene Braunwald 2
2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease&Thomas A.Gaziano,J.Michael Gaziano 18
3 Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease&Eugene Braunwald 26
SECTION Ⅱ DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS 32
4 Chest Discomfort&Thomas H.Lee 32
5 Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema&Richard M.Schwartzstein 40
6 Hypoxia and Cyanosis&Eugene Braunwald 47
7 Edema&Eugene Braunwald,Joseph Loscalzo 52
8 Palpitations&Joseph Loscalzo 60
9 Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System&Robert A.O'Rourke,Eugene Braunwald 62
10 Approach to the Patient with a Heart Murmur&Patrick T.O'Gara,Eugene Braunwald 72
11 Electrocardiography&Ary L.Goldberger 86
12 Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging：Echocardiography,Nuclear Cardiology,and MRI/CT Imaging&Rick A.Nishimura,Raymond J.Gibbons,James F.Glockner,A.Jamil Tajik 99
13 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography&Donald S.Baim 112
SECTION Ⅲ HEART RHYTHM DISTURBANCES 122
14 Principles of Electrophysiology&Gordon F.Tomaselli 122
15 The Bradyarrhythmias&Gordon F.Tomaselli 132
16 The Tachyarrhythmias&Francis Marchlinski 147
SECTION Ⅳ DISORDERS OF THE HEART 178
17 Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale&Douglas L.Mann 178
18 Cardiac Transplantation and Prolonged Assisted Circulation&Sharon A.Hunt 198
19 Congenital Heart Disease in theAdult&John S.Child 203
20 Valvular Heart Disease&Patrick O'Gara,Eugene Braunwald 215
21 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis&Joshua Wynne,Eugene Braunwald 241
22 Pericardial Disease&Eugene Braunwald 254
23 Tumors and Trauma of the Heart&Eric H.Awtry,Wilson S.Colucci 265
24 Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Disease&Eric H.Awtry,Wilson S.Colucci 270
25 Infective Endocarditis&Adolf W.Karchmer 275
26 Acute Rheumatic Fever&Jonathan R.Carapetis 290
27 Chagas' Disease&Louis V.Kirchhoff 297
28 Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema&Judith S.Hochman,David H.Ingbar 302
29 Cardiovascular Collapse,Cardiac Arrest,and Sudden Cardiac Death&Robert J.Myerburg,Agustin Castellanos 311
SECTION Ⅴ DISORDERS OF THEVASCULATURE 322
30 The Pathogenesis,Prevention,and Treatment of Atherosclerosis&Peter Libby 322
31 Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism&Daniel J.Rader,Helen H.Hobbs 335
32 The Metabolic Syndrome&Robert H.Eckel 358
33 Ischemic Heart Disease&Elliott M.Antman,Andrew P.Selwyn,Eugene Braunwald,Joseph Loscalzo 366
34 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction&Christopher P.Cannon,Eugene Braunwald 387
35 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction&Elliott M.Antman,Eugene Braunwald 395
36 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention&Donald S.Baim 414
37 Hypertensive Vascular Disease&Theodore A.Kotchen 422
38 Diseases of the Aorta&Mark A.Creager,Joseph Loscalzo 445
39 Vascular Diseases of the Extremities&Mark A.Creager,Joseph Loscalzo 454
40 Pulmonary Hypertension&Stuart Rich 467
SECTION Ⅵ CARDIOVASCULAR ATLASES 478
41 Atlas of Electrocardiography&Ary L.Goldberger 478
42 Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging&Rick A.Nishimura,Raymond J.Gibbons,James F.Glockner,A.Jamil Tajik 495
43 Atlas of Cardiac Arrhythmias&Ary L.Goldberger 504
44 Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization&Donald S.Baim 517
Appendix 523
Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance&Alexander Kratz,Michael A.Pesce,Daniel J.Fink 523
Review and Self-Assessment&Charles Wiener,Gerald Bloomfield,Cynthia D.Brown,Joshua Schiffer,Adam Spivak 545
Index 593