Description

• Covers all the important management issues in cardiology

• Includes special topics such as pregnancy and heart disease, the use of anticoagulants in heart disease, and the perioperative evaluation of heart disease patients

• Each chapter written by experts in the field

• Logically organized into six sections:
  
  Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmias, Valvular Disease, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure, and Systemic Diseases and the Heart

• Consistent chapter presentation includes Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Diagnostic Studies, Treatment, Prevention, and Prognosis

• More than 235 illustrations, including ECGs, imaging studies, drawings, graphs and charts

• NEW CHAPTER on Antiplatelet Therapy • Emphasis on must-know information makes it perfect for board review