Contributors
Preface
SECTION Ⅰ
INTRODUCTION TO CARDIOVASCULAR
DISORDERS
1 Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System
Joseph Loscalzo, Peter Libby, Jonathan A. Epstein
2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
Thomas A. Gaziano, J. Michael Gaziano
3 Approach to the Patient with Possible
Cardiovascular Disease
Joseph Loscalzo
SECTION Ⅱ
DIAGNOSIS. OF CARDIOVASCU LAR
DISORDERS
Chest Discomfort.
David A. Morrow
5 Dyspnea
Richard M. Schwartzstein
6 Hypoxia and Cyanosis
Joseph Loscalzo
7 Edeina
Eugene Braunwald, Joseph Loscalzo
8 Palpitations
Joseph LoScalzo
9 Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular
System.
Patrick T. O'Gara, Joseph Loscalzo
10 Approach to the Patient with a Heart Murmur
Patrick T. O'Gara, Joseph Loscalzo
11 Electrocardiography
Ary L. Goldberger
12 Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography,
Nuclear Cardiology, and Magnetic Resonance/
Computed Tomography Imaging
Marcelo F. Di Carli, Raymond Y. Kwong,
Scott D. Solomon
13 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
and Coronary Angiography
Jane A. Leopold, David P. Faxon
SECTION Ⅲ
HEART RHYTHM DISTURBANCES
14 Principles of Electrophysiology
David D. Spragg, Gordon F. Tomaselli
15 The Bradyarrhythmias: Disorders
of the Sinoatrial Node
David D. Spragg, Gordon F. Tomaselli
16 The Bradyarrhythmias: Disorders
of the Atrioventricular Node
David D. Spragg, Gordon F. Tomaselli
