Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mitral stenosis / Kewal Krishnan Talwar, Manojkumar Rohit -- Mitral regurgitation / Frank A. Flachskampf, Fausto Pinto -- Aortic stenosis / Benjamin M. Schaefer, Catherine M. Otto -- Aortic regurgitation / Helmut Baumgartner, Gerald Maurer -- Aortic dissection / Debabrata Mukherjee, Kim A. Eagle -- Evaluation of prosthetic heart valves / Darryl J. Burstow -- Echocardiography in infective endocarditis / Eric Brochet, Agnés Cachier, Alec Vahanian -- Coronary imaging and screening / Koen Nieman, Pim J. de Feyter -- Diagnosis and prognosis in patients with chest pain / George A. Beller --

Peripheral vascular disease / Serge Kownator -- Risk stratification post-infarction / Frank M. Bengel -- Risk stratification before non-cardiac surgery / Miklos D. Kertai, Don Poldermans -- Acute dyspnea (diastolic, systolic LV dysfunction and pulmonary embolism) / Michael V. McConnell, Brett E. Fenster -- Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic dyspnea / Jong-Won Ha, Jae K. Oh -- Resynchronization therapy / Ole-A. Breithardt -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Petros Nihoyannopoulos --

Viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy / Gabe B. Bleeker, Jeroen J. Bax, Ernst E. van der Wall -- Cardiac tumors / Joshua Lehrer-Graiwer, Charles B. Higgins -- Evaluation of the transplanted heart / Oberdan Parodi, Maria Frigerio, Benedetta De Chiara -- Unusual cardiomyopathies - role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging / Sanjay K. Prasad, Ravi G. Assomull, Dudley J. Pennell -- Myocarditis and pericardial disease / Frank E. Rademakers -- Congenital heart disease / Heynric B. Grotenhuis ... [et al.].