A concise, authoritative compilation of the essential knowledge needed to diagnose and manage cardiovascular disease!! • 37 chapters cover the major disease entities and therapeutic challenges in cardiology today • Chapters on major management issues 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 that area, without losing the readability or coherence found in single-author texts • Logically organized into six sections: Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmias, Valvular Disease, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure, and Systemic Disease and the Heart • NEW MATERIAL on the latest hypertension guidelines, new therapies for dyslipidemia management, new oral anticoagulants and new antiplatelet and antithrombotic drugs • Organized for speed, ease of use and clinical functionality • An essential quick reference for experienced physicia