Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION 1:PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
PAUL D.THOMPSON
1.Atherosclerotic Biology and Epidemiology of Disease
2.Diet,Nutritional Issues,and Obesity
3.Lipid Disorders
4.Exercise and Physical Activity
5.Hypertension:Context,Pathophysiology,and Management
6.Smoking
7.Diabetes
8.Estrogen,Female Gender,and Heart Disease
9.Ethanol and the Heart
10.Other Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease:Homocysteine,Lipoprotein,Fibrinogen,and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor
11.Behavioral Medicine and Heart Disease
12.Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
13.An Integrated Approach to Risk-Factor Modificaltion
SECTION Ⅱ:CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
POBER M.CALIFF
14.The History
15.Phyble Ischemic Syndromes
16.Stable Ischemic Syndromes
17.Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes:Unstable Angian and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
18.Acute Myocardial Infarction:eARLY Diagnosis and Management
19.Acute Myocardial Infarction:Complications
20.Post-Myocardial Infarction Management
SECTION Ⅲ:CARDIIOVASCULAR IMAGING
JAMES D.THOMAS
SECTION Ⅳ:ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND PACING
ERIC N.PRY7STOWSKY
SECTION V:INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
ERIC J.TOPOL
SECTION VI:HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPANTATION
JAMES B.YOUNG
SECTION VII:MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY
JUDITH L.SWAIN
SECTION VIII:VASCULAR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
JEFFREY M.ISNER
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