PART Ⅰ FUNDAMENTALS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 1
CHAPTER 1 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease&Thomas A. Gaziano and J. Michael Gaziano 1
CHAPTER 2 Heart Disease in Varied Populations&Clyde W. Yancy 21
CHAPTER 3 Ethics in Cardiovascular Medicine&Paul S. Mueller 30
CHAPTER 4 Clinical Decision Making in Cardiology&Harlan M. Krumholz 35
CHAPTER 5 Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Cardiovascular Care&Thomas H. Lee 42
CHAPTER 6 Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials&Elliott M. Antman 49
PART Ⅱ MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS 57
CHAPTER 7 Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics&Elizabeth G. Nabel 57
CHAPTER 8 Inherited Causes of Cardiovascular Disease&J.G. Seidman,Reed E. Pyeritz,and Christine E. Seidman 70
CHAPTER 9 Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmias&David J. Tester and Michael J. Ackerman 81
CHAPTER 10 Principles of Drug Therapy&Dan M. Roden 91
CHAPTER 11 Cardiovascular Regeneration and Tissue Engineering&Piero Anversa,Jan Kajstura,and Annarosa Leri 99
PART Ⅲ EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT 107
CHAPTER 12 The History and Physical Examination:An Evidence-Based Approach&James C. Fang and Patrick T.O' Gara 107
CHAPTER 13 Electrocardiography&David M. Mirvis and Ary L. Goldberger 126
Guidelines:Electrocardiography&David M. Mirvis and Ary L. Goldberger 165
CHAPTER 14 Exercise Stress Testing&Bernard R. Chaitman 168
Guidelines:Exercise Stress Testing&Bernard R. Chaitman 192
CHAPTER 15 Echocardiography&Heidi M. Connolly and Jae K. Oh 200
Appropriate Use Criteria:Echocardiography&Robert O. Bonow 270
CHAPTER 16 The Chest Radiograph in Cardiovascular Disease&Michael A. Bettmann 277
CHAPTER 17 Nuclear Cardiology&James E. Udelson,Vasken Dilsizian,and Robert O. Bonow 293
Appropriate Use Criteria:Nuclear Cardiology&James E. Udelson 336
CHAPTER 18 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging&Raymond Y. Kwong 340
Appropriate Use Criteria:Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance&Raymond Y. Kwong 359
CHAPTER 19 Cardiac Computed Tomography&Allen J. Taylor 362
Appropriate Use Criteria:Cardiac Computed Tomography&Allen J. Taylor 379
CHAPTER 20 Cardiac Catheterization&Charles J. Davidson and Robert O. Bonow 383
CHAPTER 21 Coronary Arteriography&Jeffrey J. Popma 406
Guidelines:Coronary Arteriography&Jeffrey J. Popma 433
CHAPTER 22 Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging&Jean-Claude Tardif and Philippe L. L'Allier 441
CHAPTER 23 Molecular Imagingin Cardiovascular Disease&Peter Libby,Farouc A. Jaffer,and Ralph Weissleder 448
PART Ⅳ HEART FAILURE 459
CHAPTER 24 Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation&Lionel H. Opie and Gerd Hasenfuss 459
CHAPTER 25 Pathophysiology of Heart Failure&Douglas L. Mann 487
CHAPTER 26 Clinical Assessment of Heart Failure&Barry Greenberg and Andrew M. Kahn 505
CHAPTER 27 Diagnosis and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes&Mihai Gheorghiade,Gerasimos S. Filippatos,and G. Michael Felker 517
CHAPTER 28 Management of Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction&Douglas L. Mann 543
Guidelines:Management of Heart Failure&Douglas L. Mann 569
CHAPTER 29 Devices for Monitoring and Managing Heart Failure&William T. Abraham 578
CHAPTER 30 Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction&Margaret M. Redfield 586
CHAPTER 31 Surgical Management of Heart Failure&Michael A. Acker and Mariell Jessup 601
CHAPTER 32 Assisted Circulation in the Treatment of Heart Failure&Mandeep R. Mehra and Bartley P. Griffith 617
CHAPTER 33 Emerging Therapies and Strategies in the Treatment of Heart Failure&Stefanie Dimmeler,Douglas L. Mann,and Andreas M. Zeiher 627
CHAPTER 34 Care of Patients with End-Stage Heart Disease&Linda L. Emanuel and Robert O. Bonow 644
PART Ⅴ ARRHYTHMIAS,SUDDEN DEATH,AND SYNCOPE 653
CHAPTER 35 Genesis of Cardiac Arrhvthmias:Electrophysiologic Considerations&Michael Rubart and Douglas P. Zipes 653
CHAPTER 36 Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias&John M.Miller and Douglas P. Zipes 687
Guidelines:Ambulatory Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiologic Testing&John M. Miller and Douglas P. Zipes 702
CHAPTER 37 Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias&John M. Miller and Douglas P. Zipes 710
CHAPTER 38 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-DefibrILLators&Charles D.Swerdlow,David L. Hayes,and Douglas P. Zipes 745
Guidelines:Cardiac Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators&Charles D. Swerdlow,David L. Hayes,and Douglas P. Zipes 765
CHAPTER 39 Specific Arrhythmias:Diagnosis and Treatment&Jeffrey Olgin and Douglas P. Zipes 771
CHAPTER 40 Atrial Fibrillation:Clinical Features,Mechanisms,and Management&Fred Morady and Douglas P. Zipes 825
Guidelines:Atrial Fibrillation&Fred Morady and Douglas P. Zipes 838
CHAPTER 41 Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death&Robert J. Myerburg and Agustin Castellanos 845
CHAPTER 42 Hypotension and Syncope&Hugh Calkins and Douglas P. Zipes 885
PART Ⅵ PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY 897
CHAPTER 43 The Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis&Peter Libby 897
CHAPTER 44 Risk Markers for Atherothrombotic Disease&Paul M Ridker and Peter Libby 914
CHAPTER 45 Systemic Hypertension:Mechanisms and Diagnosis&Ronald G. Victor 935
CHAPTER 46 Systemic Hypertension:Therapy&Norman M. Kaplan 955
Guidelines:Treatment of Hypertension&Norman M. Kaplan 972
CHAPTER 47 Lipoprotein Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease&Jacques Genest and Peter Libby 975
CHAPTER 48 Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease&Dariush Mozaffarian 996
CHAPTER 49 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease&J. Michael Gaziano,Paul M Ridker,and Peter Libby 1010
CHAPTER 50 Exercise-Based,Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation&Paul D. Thompson 1036
CHAPTER 51 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Management of Patients with Heart Disease&Edzard Ernst 1042