Table of Contents

Basic foundations of cardiology; general evaluation of the patient; heart failure; rhythm or conduction disorders; syncope, sudden death and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; coronary heart disease; systemic arterial hypertension; pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary heart disease; valvular heart disease; congenital heart disease; cardiomyopathy and specific heart muscle disease; pericardial diseases and endocarditis; the heart, anaesthesia and surgery; miscellaneous diseases or conditions; diseases of the great vessels and peripheral vessels; cost-effective strategies, insurance and legal problems.