This study of the pathophysiology of heart disease is designed for second year medical students. Topics covered include diagnostic imaging and catheterization, acute myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathies.

Basic cardiac structure and function / Ken Young Lin [and others] -- The cardiac cycle : mechanisms of heart sounds and murmurs / Henry Jung and Leonard S. Lilly -- Cardiac imaging and catheterization / Henry Jung, Ken Young Lin, and Patricia Challender Come -- The electrocardiogram / Stephen R. Pomedli and Leonard S. Lilly -- Atherosclerosis / Jordan B. Strom and Peter Libby -- Ischemic heart disease / June-Wha Rhee, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Acute coronary syndromes / June-Wha Rhee, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Valvular heart disease / Christopher A. Miller, Patrick T. O'Gara, and Leonard S. Lilly. Heart failure / Neal Anjan Chatterjee and Michael A. Fifer -- The cardiomyopathies / Christopher T. Lee, G. William Dec, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias / Ranliang Hu [and others] -- Clinical aspects of cardiac arrhythmias / Ranliang Hu, William G. Stevenson, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Hypertension / Christopher T. Lee, Gordon H. Williams, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Diseases of the pericardium / Yin Ren and Leonard S. Lilly -- Diseases of the peripheral vasculature / Fan Liang and Mark A. Creager -- Congenital heart disease / David D. Berg and David W. Brown -- Cardiovascular drugs / Cyrus K. Yamin [and others].