Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Prevention of cardiovascular disease -- Lipid disorders -- Systemic hypertension -- Antiplatelet therapy -- Long-term anticoagulation for cardiac conditions -- Approach to cardiac disease diagnosis -- Section II. Ischemic heart disease -- Chronic ischemic heart disease -- Unstable angina/non-ST elevation myocardial infarction -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiogenic shock -- Evaluation & treatment of the perioperative patient -- Section III. Arrhythmias -- Supraventricular tachycardias -- Atrial fibrillation -- Ventricular tachycardia -- Conduction disorders & cardiac pacing -- Sudden cardiac death -- Syncope -- Section IV. Valvular disease -- Aortic stenosis -- Aortic regurgitation -- Mitral stenosis -- Mitral regurgitation -- Tricuspid & pulmonic valve disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Section V. Cardiomyopathy & heart failure -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Restrictive cardiomyopathy -- Myocarditis, toxic cardiomyopathy, and stress cardiomyopathy -- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction -- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction -- Pericardial diseases -- Pulmonary embolic disease -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Congenital heart disease in adults -- Section VI. Systemic disease & the heart -- Cardiac tumors -- Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy -- Endocrinology & the heart -- Connective tissue diseases & the heart -- The athlete and the heart -- Thoracic aortic aneurysms & dissections.