Featuring a compilation of chapters related to cardiovascular disorders that appear in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Eighteenth Edition, this concise, full-color clinical companion delivers the latest knowledge in the field backed by the scientific rigor and authority that have defined Harrison's. You will find content from renowned editors and contributors in a carry-anywhere presentation that is ideal for the classroom, clinic, ward, or exam/certification preparation.

Based on 18th edition of Harrison's principles of internal medicine.

Preface -- Section I Introduction to Cardiovascular Disorders -- 1 Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System / Joseph Loscalzo, Peter Libby, Jonathan Epstein -- 2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease / Thomas A. Gaziano and J. Michael Gaziano -- 3 Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease / Joseph Loscalzo -- Section II Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disorders -- 4 Chest Discomfort / Thomas H. Lee -- 5 Dyspnea / Richard M. Schwartzstein -- 6 Hypoxia and Cyanosis / Josephn Loscalzo -- 7 Edema / Eugene Braunwald and Joseph Loscalzo -- 8 Palpitations / Joseph Loscalzo -- 9 Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System / Patrick T. O'Gara, Josephn Loscalzo -- 10 Approach to a Patient with a Heart Murmur / Patrick T. O'Gara and Joseph Loscalzo -- 11 Electrocardiography / Ary L. Goldberger -- 12 Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and MRI/CT Imaging / Rick A. Nishimura, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Matthew Martinez -- 13 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography / Jane A. Leopold, David P. Faxon -- Section III Heart Rhythm Disturbances -- 14 Principles of electrophysiology / David D. Spragg, Gordon F. Tomaselli -- 15 The Bradyarrhythmias / David D. Spragg, Gordon F. Tomaselli -- 16 The Tachyarrhythmias / Francis Marchlinski -- Section IV Disorders of the Heart -- 17 Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale / Douglas L. Mann -- 18 Cardiac Transplantation and Prolonged Assisted Circulation / Sharon A. Hunt -- 19 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult / John S. Child -- 20 Valvular Heart Disease / Patrick T. O'Gara -- 21 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis / Joshua Wynne Stevenson -- 22 Pericardial Disease / Eugene Braunwald -- 23 Tumors and Trauma of the Heart / Eric H. Awtry and Wilson S. Colucci -- 24 Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Disease / Eric H. Awtry and Wilson S. Colucci -- 25 Infective Endocarditis / Adolf W. Karchmer -- 26 Acute Rheumatic Fever / Jonathan r. Carapetis -- 27 Chagas' Disease / Louis V. Kirchhoff -- 28 Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema / Judith S. Hochman and David H. Ingbar -- 29 Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Cardiac Death / Robert J. Myerburg and Agustin Castellanos -- Section V Disorders of the Vasculature -- 30 The Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment of Atherosclerosis / Peter Libby -- 31 Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism / Daniel J. Raider and Helen H. Hobbs -- 32 The Metabolic System / Robert H. Eckel -- 33 Ischemic Heart Disease / Elliott M. Antman and Andrew P. Selwyn and Joseph Loscalzo -- 34 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction / Christopher P. Cannon and Eugene Braunwald -- 35 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction /Elliott M. Antman -- 36 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Donald S. Baim -- 37 Hypertensive Vascular Disease / Theodore A. Kotchen -- 38 Diseases of the Aorta Mark A. Creager and Joseph Loscalzo -- 39 Vascular Diseases of the Extremities / Mark A. Creager and Joseph Loscalzo -- 40 Pulmonary Hypertension / Stuart Rich -- Section VI Cardiovascular Atlases -- 41 Atlas of Electrocardiography / Ary L. Goldberger -- 42 Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging / Rick A. Nishimura -- 43 Atlas of Cardiac Arrhythmias / Ary L. Goldberger -- 44 Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization / Jane A. Leopold -- Appendix Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance / Alexander Kratz and Michael A. Pesce and Daniel J. Fink -- Review and Self-Assessment / Charles Wiener and Gerald Bloomfield and Cynthia D. Brown and Joshua Schiffer and Adam Spivak -- Index.