Table of Contents

Part I. General Considerations of Cardiovascular Disease 1. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease 2. Economics and Cardiovascular Disease 3. Clinical Decision Making in Cardiology 4. Measurement and Improvement of Quality in Heart Disease 5. General Principles of Drug Treatment 6. End of Life Part II. Examination of the Patient 7. The History 8. Physical Examination of the Heart and Circulation 9. Electrocardiography 10. Exercise Stress Testing 11. Echocardiography 12. Radiology of the Heart and Great Vessels 13. Nuclear Cardiology 14. Newer Cardiac Imaging: MRI 15. Newer Cardiac Imaging: CT 16. Relative Merits of Cardiac Diagnostic Techniques 17. Cardiac Catheterization 18. Coronary Angiography and Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging Part III. Heart Failure 19. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation 20. Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Function 21. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure 22. Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure: High-Output Failure; Pulmonary Edema 23. Treatment of Heart Failure: Pharmacological Methods 24. Management of Heart Failure 25. Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted Circulation 26. Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation Part IV. Arrhythmias, Sudden Death and Syncope 27. Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations 28. Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmia 29. Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmia 30. Management of Patient with Arrhythmias 31. Cardiac Pacemakers and Devices 32. Specific Arrhythmias 33. Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Death 34. Arrhythmias and Syncope Part V. Preventive Cardiology 35. Vascular Biology of Atherogenesis 36. Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic Disease 37. Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis 38. Systemic Hypertension: Treatment of Hypertension 39. Diagnosis and Treatment of Lipid Disorders 40. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome 41. Obesity, Diet and Nutrition 42. Primary and Secondary Prevention of CHD 43. Rehabilitation Part VI. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease 44. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia 45. Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain 46. Acute Myocardial Infarction: Pathology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Features 47. Acute Myocardial Infarction: Management 48. Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction 49. Unstable Angina 50. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease 51. Diabetes and Heart Disease 52. Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention 53. Diseases of the Aorta 54. Peripheral Arterial Diseases 55. Extracardiac Vascular Interventions Part VII. Disease of the Heart, Pericardium, and Pulmonary Vascular Bed 56. Congenital Heart Disease in Children and Adults 57. Valvular Heart Disease 58. Infective Endocarditis 59. Cardiomyopathies 60. Myocarditis 61. Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals 62. Toxins and the Heart 63. Primary Tumors of the Heart 64. Pericardial Diseases 65. Traumatic Heart Disease 66. Pulmonary Embolism 67. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale 68. Sleep Disorders and Heart Disease Part VIII. Molecular Biology and Genetics 69. Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics 70. Cardiac Regeneration Part IX. Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations 71. Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly 72. Heart Disease in Women 73. Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease 74. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes 75. Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery 76. General Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease 77. Heart Disease in Varied Populations Part X. Cardiovascular Disease and Disorders of Other Organ Systems 78. Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly 79. Heart Disease in Women 80. Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease 81. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes 82. Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery 83. General Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease 84. Heart Disease in Varied Populations Index

About the Author

Dr. Peter Libby is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Receiving his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, he undertook a cellular physiology research fellowship at HMS. After a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease, he became board certified in both. He is an editor of the leading cardiovascular medicine textbook, and the author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications, 575 reviews, chapters, etc. He has received funding from the American Heart Association (AHA) and National Institutes of Health, plus recognitions on four continents, including the AHA and American College of Cardiology's highest research awards, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, the Anitschkow award from the European Atherosclerosis Society, the Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine, and the Earl Benditt award for vascular biology.

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