Heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine / edited by Eugene Braunwald

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents Ch. 1 The History / Eugene Braunwald Ch. 2 Physical Examination of the Heart and Circulation / Joseph K. Perloff, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 3 Echocardiography / Harvey Feigenbaum Ch. 4 Electrocardiography / Charles Fisch Ch. 5 Exercise Stress Testing / Bernard R. Chaitman Ch. 6 Cardiac Catheterization / Charles J. Davidson, Robert F. Fishman, Robert O. Bonow Ch. 7 Radiology of the Heart / Robert M. Steiner, David C. Levin Ch. 8 Coronary Arteriography / John A. Bittl, David C. Levin Ch. 9 Nuclear Cardiology / Frans J. Th. Wackers, Robert Soufer, Barry L. Zaret Ch. 10 Newer Cardiac Imaging Techniques: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography / Charles B. Higgins Ch. 11 Relative Merits of Imaging Techniques / David J. Skorton, Bruce H. Brundage, Heinrich R. Schelbert, Gerald L. Wolf Ch. 12 Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation / Lionel H. Opie Ch. 13 Pathophysiology of Heart Failure / Wilson S. Colucci, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 14 Assessment of Cardiac Function / William C. Little, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 15 Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure: High-Output Heart Failure; Pulmonary Edema / Eugene Braunwald, Wilson S. Colucci, William Grossman Ch. 16 Drugs Used in the Treatment of Heart Failure / Ralph A. Kelly, Thomas W. Smith Ch. 17 Management of Heart Failure / Thomas W. Smith, Ralph A. Kelly, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 18 Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation / Mark G. Perlroth, Bruce A. Reitz Ch. 19 Assisted Circulation and the Mechanical Heart / Wayne E. Richenbacher, William S. Pierce Ch. 20 Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations / Douglas P. Zipes Ch. 21 Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Pharmacological, Electrical, and Surgical Techniques / Douglas P. Zipes Ch. 22 Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment / Douglas P. Zipes Ch. 23 Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmic Devices / S. Serge Barold, Douglas P. Zipes Ch. 24 Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death / Robert J. Myerburg, Agustin Castellanos Ch. 25 Pulmonary Hypertension / Stuart Rich, Eugene Braunwald, William Grossman Ch. 26 Systematic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis / Norman M. Kaplan Ch. 27 Systemic Hypertension: Therapy / Norman M. Kaplan Ch. 28 Syncope and Hypotension / Wishwa N. Kapoor Ch. 29 Congenital Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood / William F. Friedman Ch. 30 Congenital Heart Disease in Adults / Joseph K. Perloff Ch. 31 Acquired Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood / William F. Friedman Ch. 32 Valvular Heart Disease / Eugene Braunwald Ch. 33 Infective Endocarditis / Adolf W. Karchmer Ch. 34 The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis / Russell Ross Ch. 35 Dyslipidemia and Other Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease / John A. Farmer, Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Ch. 36 Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia / Peter Ganz, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 37 Acute Myocardial Infarction / Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 38 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease / Bernard J. Gersh, Eugene Braunwald, John D. Rutherford Ch. 39 Interventional Catheterization Techniques / A. Michael Lincoff, Eric J. Topol Ch. 40 Rehabilitation of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease / Charles Dennis Ch. 41 The Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditides / Joshua Wynne, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 42 Primary Tumors of the Heart / Wilson S. Colucci, Frederick J. Schoen, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 43 Pericardial Diseases / Beverly H. Lorell Ch. 44 Traumatic Heart Disease / Peter F. Cohn, Eugene Braunwald Ch. 45 Diseases of the Aorta / Eric M. Isselbacher, Kim A. Eagle, Roman W. Desanctis Ch. 46 Pulmonary Embolism / Samuel Z. Goldhaber Ch. 47 COR Pulmonale / Herbert P. Wiedemann, Richard A. Matthay Ch. 48 Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular and Cellular Biology / Kenneth R. Chien, Andrew A. Grace Ch. 49 Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease / Reed E. Pyeritz Ch. 50 The Aging Heart: Structure, Function, and Disease / Edward G. Lakatta, Gary Gerstenblith, Myron L. Weisfeldt Ch. 51 Coronary Artery Disease in Women / Pamela S. Douglas Ch. 52 Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery / Elliott M. Antman Ch. 53 Cost-Effective Strategies in Cardiology / Lee Goldman Ch. 54 General Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease / Lee Goldman Ch. 55 Rheumatic Fever / Adnan S. Dajani Ch. 56 Rheumatic Diseases and the Heart / Jonathan S. Coblyn, Michael E. Weinblatt Ch. 57 Hematologic-Oncologic Disorders and Heart Disease / Lawrence N. Shulman, Eugene Braunwald, David S. Rosenthal Ch. 58 Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis, and Cardiovascular Disease / Valentin Fuster, Mark Verstraete Ch. 59 Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease / Uri Elkayam Ch. 60 Neurologic Disorders and Heart Disease / Joseph K. Perloff Ch. 61 The Heart in Endocrine and Nutritional Disorders / Gordon H. Williams, Leonard S. Lilly, Ellen W. Seely Ch. 62 Renal Disorders and Heart Disease / Carl V. Leier, Harisios Boudoulas Ch. 63 Practice Guidelines in Cardiovascular Medicine / Thomas H. Lee Index