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