Assessment of circulatory and cardiac function; baseline and exercise haemodynamics in health and disease; the resting and exercise electrocardiogram; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; measurements in electrophysiology; assessment of autonomic function; general clinical chemistry; cardiac catheterization; echocardiography; nuclear cardiology; cardiovascular changes in pregnancy; thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction; cardiac surgery; myoplasty in the management of heart failure.