S E C T I O N O N E: P R E V E N T I V E C A R D I O L O G Y
P A U L D . T H O M P S O N
Chapter 1 Atherosclerotic Biology and Epidemiology of Disease
James H. F. Rudd, John R. Davies, and Peter L. Weissberg
Chapter 2 Diet and Nutritional Issues
Neil J. Stone
Chapter 3 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
Oscar C. Marroquin and David E. Kelley
Chapter 4 Diabetes
Doron Aronson and Elliot J. Rayfield
Chapter 5 Lipid Disorders
Daniel J. Rader
Chapter 6 Exercise and Physical Activity
Eric H. Awtry and Gary J. Balady
Chapter 7 Hypertension: Context and Management
Heather Cohen Henri and Peter Rudd
Chapter 8 Smoking
Joaquin Barnoya and Stanton A. Glantz
Chapter 9 Estrogen, Female Gender, and Heart Disease
Pathmaja Paramsothy and Robert H. Knopp
Chapter 10 Ethanol and The Heart 135
Michael H. Criqui and Lori B. Daniels
Chapter 11 Other Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
Liviu Klein and Philip Greenland
Chapter 12 Behavioral Cardiology and Heart Disease
Ellen A. Dornelas and Matthew M. Burg
Chapter 13 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
Philip A. Ades and Rainer Hambrecht
Chapter 14 An Integrated Approach to Risk Factor
Modification
Robert C. Block and Thomas A. Pearson
S E C T I O N T W O: C L I N I C A L C A R D I O L O G Y
R O B E R T M . C A L I F F
Chapter 15 The History
Eric J. Topol
Chapter 16 Physical Examination
Kanu Chatterjee
Chapter 17 Chronic Stable Coronary Disease
Keith A. A. Fox
Chapter 18 Unstable Angina: Ischemic Syndromes
Harvey D. White
Chapter 19 Acute Myocardial Infarction: Early Diagnosis and Management
Eric J. Topol and Frans J. Van de Werf
Chapter 20 Acute Myocardial Infarction: Complications
Judith S. Hochman
Chapter 21 Post-Myocardial Infarction Management
Deepak L. Bhatt and L. Kristin Newby
Chapter 22 Mitral Valve Disease
Leonardo Rodriguez and A. Marc Gillinov
Chapter 23 Aortic Valve Disease
William J. Stewart and Blase A. Carabello
Chapter 24 Acquired Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Disease
Melvin D. Cheitlin and John S. MacGregor
Chapter 25 Prosthetic Valve Disease
Mario J. Garcia
Chapter 26 Infective Endocarditis
Jennifer S. Li, G. Ralph Corey, and Vance G. Fowler, Jr.
Chapter 27 Diseases of the Pericardium, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, and Diastolic Dysfunction
Allan L. Klein and Craig R. Asher
Chapter 28 Pulmonary Hypertension
Srinivas Murali
Chapter 29 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
William J. McKenna and Perry M. Elliott
Chapter 30 Congenital Heart Disease
M. Elizabeth Brickner
Chapter 31 The Heart and Pregnancy
Kenneth L. Baughman
Chapter 32 Women and Heart Disease
Judith Hsia and JoAnn E. Manson
Chapter 33 The Elderly and Aging
Karen P. Alexander and Christopher M. O’Connor
Chapter 34 End-of-Life Care
Gary S. Francis and Julie Laveglia
Chapter 35 The Heart and Other Organ Systems
Robert M. Califf
Chapter 35A Endocrine Systems and the Heart
Marco Roffi and Fabio Cattaneo
Chapter 35B Hematologic Disorders and the Heart 604
Ayalew Tefferi and Angela Dispenzieri
Chapter 35C The Heart and the Renal System
Derek P. Chew and Lynda A. Szczech
Chapter 35D Cardiac Manifestations of Selected Neurologic Disorders
Kenneth W. Mahaffey and Daniel Laskowitz
Chapter 35E Cardiovascular Manifestations of Rheumatic
Diseases
Nicola J. Goodson and Daniel H. Solomon
Chapter 35F The Heart and Infectious Diseases
Andrew Boyle
Chapter 36 Substance Abuse and the Heart
Robert A. Kloner and Shereif H. Rezkalla
Chapter 37 The Athlete’s Heart
Paul D. Thompson and N. A. Mark Estes
Chapter 38 Cardiac Trauma
Samir R. Kapadia and Eric J. Topol
Chapter 39 Cardiac Tumors
Allen Burke, Jean Jeudy, Jr., and Renu Virmani
Chapter 40 Clinical Pharmacology for the Cardiologist
Satish R. Raj and David Robertson
Chapter 41 Perioperative Anesthetic Considerations in Noncardiac
Surgery for Those at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Michael F. Roizen, John Ellis, Shrinivas Mantha, and Joe Foss
Chapter 42 Medical Economics in Cardiovascular Medicine
Daniel B. Mark
Chapter 43 Considerations in the Design, Conduct, and
Interpretation of Quantitative Clinical Evidence
Robert M. Califf and Eric J. Topol
Chapter 44 Databases in Cardiology
Michael S. Lauer and Eugene H. Blackstone
Chapter 45 Quality of Care and Medical Errors in Cardiovascular Disease
Eric D. Peterson and Robert M. Califf
S E C T I O N T H R E E: C A R D I O V A S C U L A R I M A G I N G
J A M E S T H O M A S
Chapter 46 Principles of Imaging
James D. Thomas
Chapter 47 Plain Film Examination of the Chest
Lawrence M. Boxt
Chapter 48 Exercise Electrocardiography
Peter M. Okin
Chapter 49 Transthoracic Echocardiography
Richard A. Grimm and James D. Thomas
Chapter 50 Stress Echocardiography
Thomas H. Marwick
Chapter 51 Doppler Echocardiography
Frank A. Flachskampf
Chapter 52 Transesophageal Echocardiography
Christian Gring and Brian P. Griffin
Chapter 53 Imaging Techniques in Nuclear Cardiology
Manuel D. Cerqueira
Chapter 54 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Milind Y. Desai, Richard D. White, David A. Bluemke, and
Joao A. C. Lima
Chapter 55 Positron Emission Tomography
Markus Schwaiger and Sibylle Ziegler
Chapter 56 Computed Tomography of the Heart
Ross T. Murphy and Mario J. Garcia
S E C T I O N F O U R: E L E C T R O P H Y S I O L O G Y A N D P A C I N G
E R I C N . P R Y S T O W S K Y
Chapter 57 Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Augustus O. Grant and Sarfraz Durrani
Chapter 58 Genetics of Arrhythmias
Mark E. Anderson, Dawood Darbar, and Prince Kannankeril
Chapter 59 Electrocardiography
Elena B. Sgarbossa and Galen Wagner
Chapter 60 Ambulatory and Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography and T-Wave Alternans
Stephen C. Hammill
Chapter 61 Electrophysiologic Testing
Andrew Krumerman and John D. Fisher
Chapter 62 Bradycardias: Sinus Nodal Dysfunction and
Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
Deborah L. WOL>Chapter 63 Atrial Fibrillation
Eric N. Prystowsky and Amos Katz
Chapter 64 Atrial Flutter
Patrick Tchou
Chapter 65 Atrioventricular Nodal-Dependent Tachycardias
and Preexcitation
Robert A. Schweikert and Douglas L. Packer
Chapter 66 Ventricular Tachycardia
David Wilber
Chapter 67 Sudden Cardiac Death and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Frank Pelosi, Jr. and Fred Morady
Chapter 68 Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: The Impact of Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Srijita Sen-Chowdhry and William J. McKenna
Chapter 69 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Joseph P. Ornato and Mary Ann Peberdy
Chapter 70 Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease
George F. Van Hare
Chapter 71 Syncope
David G. Benditt
Chapter 72 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
Dan M. Roden
Chapter 73 Catheter Ablation Therapy for Arrhythmias
David E. Haines
Chapter 74 Cardiac Pacemakers
Mandeep Bhargava and Bruce L. Wilkoff
Chapter 75 Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
David Spragg, Ronald Berger, David Kass, and Hugh Calkins
S E C T I O N F I V E: I N V A S I V E C A R D I O L O G Y A N D S U R G I C A L T E C H N I Q U E S
E R I C J . T O P O L
Chapter 76 Coronary Angiography
Deepak L. Bhatt and Frederick A. Heupler, Jr.
Chapter 77 Cardiac Catheterization and Hemodynamic Assessment
Richard A. Lange and L. David Hillis
Chapter 78 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Bernhard Meier
Chapter 79 Percutaneous Cardiac Procedures
Samir R. Kapadia and E. Murat Tuzcu
Chapter 80 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Joseph F. Sabik, III
Chapter 81 Approaches to the Patient with Prior Bypass Surgery
John S. Douglas, Jr.
Chapter 82 Percutaneous Valve Dilatations
Alec S. Vahanian
Chapter 83 Catheter Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease
Robert H. Beekman, III
S E C T I O N S I X: H E A R T F A I L U R E A N D T R A N S P L A N T A T I O N
E R I C J . T O P O L
Chapter 84 Global Pandemic of Heart Failure
Randall C. Starling
Chapter 85 Pathophysiology of the Heart Failure Clinical Syndrome
Gary S. Francis
Chapter 86 Acute Heart Failure
Srinivas Iyengar, Garrie J. Haas, and James B. Young
Chapter 87 Chronic Heart Failure Management
W. H. Wilson Tang and James B. Young
Chapter 88 Diagnosis and Medical Treatment of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy
Dennis M. McNamara
Chapter 89 Nonischemic Cardiomyopathies
Carmela D. Tan, Norman B. Ratliff, James B. Young, and E. Rene Rodriguez
Chapter 90 Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Dale G. Renlund, David O. Taylor, and Nicholas G. Smedira
Chapter 91 Surgical Approaches for Heart Failure
Nicholas G. Smedira, Katherine J. Hoercher, and Randall C. Starling
Chapter 92 Prevention of Heart Failure
W. H. Wilson Tang and Anjli Maroo
S E C T I O N S E V E N: M O L E C U L A R C A R D I O L O G Y
E R I C J . T O P O L
Chapter 93 General Techniques in Molecular Cardiology
Burns C. Blaxall and Mark B. Taubman
Chapter 94 Molecular Genetics
Qing Wang, Meredith Bond, Robert C. Elston, and
Xian-Li Tian
Chapter 95 Genetic Factors in Atherosclerosis
Aldons J. Lusis
Chapter 96 Genetic Studies of Myocardial and Vascular Disease
Qing Wang, Reed E. Pyeritz, Christine E. Seidman, and Craig T. Basson
Chapter 97 Gene Therapy
Elizabeth G. Nabel
Chapter 98 Myocyte Structure and Function
Arnold M. Katz
Chapter 99 Signal Transduction Pathways of the Heart
Johannes Backs, Eric N. Olson, and Rhonda Bassel-Duby
Chapter 100 Molecular Basis of Heart Development
Madhu Gupta, Rene A. Arcilla, and Mahesh P. Gupta
Chapter 101 Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease
Marc S. Penn
S E C T I O N E I G H T: V A S C U L A R B I O L O G Y A N D M E D I C I N E
E R I C J . T O P O L
Chapter 102 The Biology of Restenosis
Eric Van Belle, Christophe Bauters, and Michael E. Bertrand
Chapter 103 Therapeutic Angiogenesis
G. Chad Hughes and Brian H. Annex
Chapter 104 Diseases of the Pulmonary Vasculature
Marlene Rabinovitch
Chapter 105 Diseases of the Aorta
Heather L. Gornick and Mark A. Creager
Chapter 106 Noninvasive Assessment of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Michael R. Jaff and Steven Deitelzweig
Chapter 107 Cerebrovascular Disease
Cathy A. Sila, Anthony J. Furlan, and Jay S. Yadav
Chapter 108 Disease of Peripheral Vessels
Amjad Al Mahameed and John R. Bartholomew
Chapter 109 Renal Artery Disease
Jeffrey W. Olin and Susan M. Begelman
Chapter 110 Venous Thromboembolism
Victor F. Tapson and Richard C. Becker
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