Netter's Cardiology

I. INTRODUCTION Section Editor: E. Magnus Ohman Chapter 1: The History and Physical Examination 2 Marschall S. Runge and E. Magnus Ohman Chapter 2: Coronary Atherosclerosis 18 Cam Patterson and Marschall S. Runge Chapter 3: Electrocardiography 29 Leonard S. Gettes Chapter 4: Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging 42 Christopher D. Chiles, Steven W. Falen, and Park W. Willis IV Chapter 5: Diagnostic Coronary Angiography 53 George A. Stouffer Chapter 6: Use of Diagnostic Testing 64 Anthony Mathur and Peter Mills II. CORONARY HEART DISEASE Section Editor: Christoph Bode Chapter 7: Chronic Coronary Artery Disease 74 Venu Menon Chapter 8: Acute Coronary Syndromes 84 Steven R. Steinhubl Chapter 9: Acute Myocardial Infarction 93 Christoph Bode and Markus Frey Chapter 10: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 103 Bruce R. Brodie and Tift Mann Chapter 11: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 112 Brett C. Sheridan and Michael R. Mill III. MYOCARDIAL DISEASES AND CARDIOMYOPATHY Section Editor: Richard A. Walsh Chapter 12: Dilated Cardiomyopathy 120 Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr and Stephanie H. Dunlap Chapter 13: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 128 Parag Kale and Richard A. Walsh Chapter 14: Restrictive Cardiomyopathy 135 Thomas M. Bashore Chapter 15: Hereditary Cardiomyopathies 151 Jose Ortiz and Richard A. Walsh Chapter 16: Myocarditis 159 Paresh K. Patel and Daniel J. Lenihan Chapter 17: Management of Congestive Heart Failure 167 Carla A. Sueta and Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr Chapter 18: Cardiac Transplantation 175 Michael R. Mill and Brett C. Sheridan IV. CARDIAC RHYTHM ABNORMALITIES Section Editors: William E. Sanders, Jr and Richard G. Sheahan Chapter 19: Atrial Fibrillation 184 Richard G. Sheahan and Marschall S. Runge Chapter 20: Ventricular Tachycardia 196 Richard G. Sheahan Chapter 21: Bradyarrhythmias 205 Bryon E. Rubery and William E. Sanders, Jr Chapter 22: Cardiac Syncope 214 Richard G. Sheahan Chapter 23: Sudden Cardiac Death 221 Jeff P. Steinhoff, Sanjeev Shah, and Richard G. Sheahan Chapter 24: Medical Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias 230 William E. Sanders, Jr and Ali Akbary Chapter 25: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular and Ventricular Arrhythmias 238 Nitish Badhwar, William E. Sanders, Jr, and Melvin M. Scheinman Chapter 26: Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators 247 Margaret C. Herbst and William E. Sanders, Jr V. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Section Editor: Thomas M. Bashore Chapter 27: Aortic Stenosis 256 Timothy A. Mixon and Gregory J. Dehmer Chapter 28: Aortic Insufficiency 265 Timothy A. Mixon and Gregory J. Dehmer Chapter 29: Mitral Valve Disease 274 Thomas R. Griggs Chapter 30: Mitral Valve Prolapse 283 Lee R. Goldberg and Park W. Willis IV Chapter 31: Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease 290 David A. Tate Chapter 32: Infective Endocarditis 296 Lisa B. Hightow and Meera Kelley Chapter 33: Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty 308 Thomas M. Bashore Chapter 34: Surgical Treatment for Valvular Heart Disease 324 Peter J. K. Starek VI. PERICARDIAL DISEASES Section Editor: George A. Stouffer Chapter 35: Pericardial Disease: Clinical Features and Treatment 334 Christopher D. Chiles and George A. Stouffer Chapter 36: Pericardial Disease: Diagnosis and Hemodynamics 346 Thomas M. Bashore VII. VASCULAR DISEASES Section Editor: Cam Patterson Chapter 37: Angiogenesis and Atherosclerosis 362 Cam Patterson Chapter 38: Diagnostic Techniques in Vascular Disease 367 Alan L. Hinderliter and Walter A. Tan Chapter 39: Hypertension 376 Alan L. Hinderliter and Romulo E. Colindres Chapter 40: Renal Artery Stenosis 386 George A. Stouffer, Christopher R. Kroll, and Walter A. Tan Chapter 41: Interventional Approaches for Peripheral Arterial Disease 397 Walter A. Tan and Matthew A. Mauro Chapter 42: Surgery for Peripheral Vascular Diseases 406 Robert Mendes, Mark A. Farber, and Blair A. Keagy VIII. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Section Editor: G. William Henry Chapter 43: An Approach to Children With Suspected Congenital Heart Disease 418 G. William Henry Chapter 44: Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease 429 John L. Cotton and G. William Henry Chapter 45: Cardiac Catheter Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease 443 Gregory H. Tatum and Elman G. Frantz Chapter 46: Surgical Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease 456 Alden M. Parsons, G. William Henry, and Michael R. Mill Chapter 47: Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease 467 Scott H. Buck Chapter 48: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children With Congenital Heart Disease 479 James P. Loehr Chapter 49: Kawasaki Disease 484 Blair V. Robinson Chapter 50: Congenital Coronary Anomalies 491 S. Adil Husain, Brett C. Sheridan, and Michael R. Mill IX. SYSTEMIC DISEASES AND THE HEART Section Editor: David R. Clemmons Chapter 51: Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy 498 Eileen A. Kelly Chapter 52: Aging and the Cardiovascular System 507 Walter A. Tan Chapter 53: Neuromuscular Diseases and the Heart 517 Ajmal Masood Gilani and Colin D. Hall Chapter 54: Cardiovascular Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases 528 David R. Clemmons Chapter 55: Connective Tissue Diseases and the Heart 543 Yevgeniy Sheyn and Mary Anne Dooley Chapter 56: Cardiac Tumors 554 Hanna Kelly and Mark A. Socinski Chapter 57: Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboembolic Disease 562 Timothy C. Nichols and Thomas R. Griggs Chapter 58: Substance Abuse and the Heart 573 David A. Tate Chapter 59: HIV and the Heart 578 Kristine B. Patterson and Joseph J. Eron X. AFFECTING HEART DISEASE-FUTURE DIRECTIONS Section Editor: Marschall S. Runge Chapter 60: Cardiovascular Epidemiology 586 Georgeta D. Vaidean Chapter 61: Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Special Populations 594 Eileen A. Kelly and Sidney C. Smith, Jr Chapter 62: Genetics in Cardiovascular Disease 601 Marschall S. Runge Chapter 63: Effects of Exercise on Cardiovascular Health 609 Chin K. Kim, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Eileen M. Handberg, Richard S. Schofield, Edith E. Bragdon, and David S. Sheps Chapter 64: Lipid Abnormalities and Risk Factor Reduction 619 Ross J. Simpson, Jr and Sidney C. Smith, Jr Chapter 65: Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollutants 627 Wayne E. Cascio, Milan J. Hazucha, Philip A. Bromberg, and Robert B. Devlin Index 633