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1 British Cardiology 1900–50.- Heart failure.- Cardiac arrhythmias.- Conduction defects.- Electrocardiography.- Ischaemic heart disease.- Angina.- Myocardial infarction.- Chronic rheumatic heart disease.- Infections of the heart.- Hypertensive heart disease.- Pulmonary heart disease.- Congenital heart disease.- Da Costa’s syndrome and related conditions.- The Development of the Speciality.- 2 The Second World War and the NHS — the Framework for the Development of Cardiology.- 3 The Training, Number, and Distribution of Cardiologists.- The Organisations Involved in the Growth of Cardiology.- 4 Societies, Journals, and Books.- 5 The British Heart Foundation.- 6 Part I. The National Heart Hospital: The First of its Kind.- II. The Institute of Cardiology and the National Heart and Lung Institute.- 7 The Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School.- Diagnosis and Treatment in Cardiology.- 8 Bedside Diagnosis.- 9 The Chest X Ray in Cardiac Diagnosis, 1930–60.- 10 Electrocardiography, Electrophysiology, and Arrhythmias.- 11 Cardiac Catheterisation.- 12 Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology.- 13 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.- 14 The Development of Cardiac Ultrasound.- 15 Prevention of Heart Disease.- 16 Cardiac Surgery.- 17 Cardiac Pacing.- 18 Cardiac Rehabilitation.- 19 Clinical Trials.- Selected Cardiac Disorders.- 20 Cardiovascular Pathology.- 21 Paediatric Cardiology.- 22 Grown Up Congenital Heart (GUCH) Services for Adolescents and Adults.- 23 Rheumatic Fever.- 24 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis, and Cardiomyopathy.- 25 Hypertension.- 26 Atherosclerosis Research after the Second World War.- 27 Clinical Coronary Heart Disease.- 28 Leaders of British Cardiology.