Essential Cardiology

1. Multivariable Evaluation of Candidates for Cardiovascular Disease
Ralph B. D’Agostino, William B. Kannel

2. Molecular and Cellular Basis of Myocardial Contractility
Arnold M. Katz

3. Ventricular Function
Lionel H. Opie

4. Vascular Function
Rhian M. Touyz, Augusto C. Montezano, Clive Rosendorff

5. Thrombosis
Farzana R. Bacchus, Mark Crowther

6. The History and Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System
Rajat Gupta, Patrick O’Gara

7. Electrocardiography
Tara L. DiMino, Alexander Ivanov, James F. Burke, Peter R. Kowey

8. Echocardiography
Daniel G. Blanchard, Anthony N. DeMaria

9. Exercise Testing
Abhimanyu (Manu) Uberoi, Shirin Zarafshar, Victor Froelicher

10. Radiology of the Heart
Christopher M. Walker, Gautham P. Reddy, Robert M. Steiner

11. Cardiac Catheterization
Nirat Beohar, Mark J. Ricciardi, Charles J. Davidson

12. Nuclear Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine
Diwakar Jain, Barry L. Zaret

13. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Multidetector Computed Tomography
Gabriel Vorobiof, Norman Elliot Lepor, Mark Doyle, Hee-Won Kim, Gerald M. Pohost

14. Choosing Appropriate Imaging Techniques
Martin E. Goldman, Anthony F. Yu

15. Electrophysiology of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Sei Iwai, Steven M. Markowitz, Bruce B. Lerman

16. Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Suraj Kapa, Francis E. Marchlinski

17. Syncope
Venkata Krishna Puppala, Scott Sakaguchi, Oana Dickinson, David G. Benditt

18. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Martin R. Cowie, Philip A. Poole-Wilson

19. Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
Stephen S. Gottlieb

20. Congenital Heart Disease
Matina Prapa, Dimitra Krexi, Anselm Uebing, Michael A. Gatzoulis

21. Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
Prediman K. Shah

22. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia
Brian R. Weil, John M. Canty

23. Risk Factors and Prevention, Including Hyperlipidemia
Antonio M. Gotto, John A. Farmer

24. Stable Angina
Sachin Mehta, Neal Kleiman

25. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Acute Coronary Syndromes)
Sachin Mehta, Neal Kleiman

26. ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Jonathan R. Enriquez, James A. Lemos

27. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Joseph P. Ornato

28. Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention After Acute MI
Arthur S. Leon

29. Rheumatic Fever and Valvular Heart Disease
Blanche J. Cupido, Patrick J. Commerford

30. Infective Endocarditis
Adolf W. Karchmer

31. Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis
Clive Rosendorff

32. Hypertension Therapy
Norman M. Kaplan, Odelia Cooper, Ronald G. Victor

33. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis
Colleen M. Harrington, Edward K. Kasper

34. Pericardial Disease
Bernhard Maisch

35. Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Eoin P. Judge, Dermot O’Callaghan, Sean P. Gaine

36. Diseases of the Aorta
David M. Dudzinski, Eric M. Isselbacher

37. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Benjamin D. Mackie, Nanette Kass Wenger

38. Pregnancy and Heart Disease
T. P. E. Ruys, Mark R. Johnson, J. W. Roos-Hesselink

39. Heart Disease in the Elderly
Michael W. Rich

40. Cardiovascular Complications in Patients with Renal Disease
Sheldon W. Tobe, Haowei (Linda) Sun, Murray Epstein

41. Diabetes and the Cardiovascular System
Paul Cohen, Jorge Plutzky

42. Cancer Therapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Peter Kim, Pimprapa Vejpongsa, Edward T. H. Yeh

43. Assessment of Patients with Heart Disease for Fitness for Noncardiac Surgery
Lee A. Fleisher, Joseph S. Savino

44. Cardiovascular Gene Therapy
Thomas J. LaRocca, Roger J. Hajjar

45. Cardiovascular Cell Therapy
Annarosa Leri, Jan Kajstura, Marcello Rota, Piero Anversa

46. Preventive Cardiology
Temilolu O. Aje, Michael Miller

47. Peripheral Arterial Disease
Giovina Lara Bomba, Jonathan L. Halperin

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology