Table of Contents
History and physical examination / David B. Propert -- Electrocardiography / Andrea Hastillo -- Cardiac arrhythmias / Mark A. Wood and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen -- Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillators / Richard K. Shepard ... et al. -- Hypertension / Elizabeth B. Ripley and Dominic A. Sica -- Electrolyte abnormalities and the heart / Dominic A. Sica and Elizabeth B. Ripley -- Chest pain ; Atherosclerotic heart disease / Yves Janin and Michael L. Hess -- Valvular heart disease / Walter H. J. Paulsen and James A. Arrowood -- Infective endocarditis / James A. Arrowood --Congenital, acquired, and adolescent cardiovascular medicine / William B. Moskowitz -- Pericardial disease / Andrea Hastillo -- Pulmonary hypertension / R. Paul Fairman -- Pregnancy and heart disease ; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse and cocaine heart disease / Andrea Hastillo -- Diagnostic evaluation and management of syncope / Carlos A. Morillo -- Aortic dissection / Henry F. Clemo -- Peripheral vascular disease : arterial and venous / Jeffery B. Dattilo and Raymond C. Makhoul -- Congestive heart failure / Michael L. Hess and David E. Tolman -- Noncardiac surgery / David W. Richardson -- Follow-up and prevention / Michael L. Hess, Andrea Hastillo, William B. Moskowitz -- Subacute endocarditis prophylaxis / Michael L. Hess and William B. Moskowitz -- Exercise and diet recommendations in heart disease / Michael L. Hess -- Retail price of cardiovascular drugs / Johnny Moore and Michael L. Hess.