xi Table of Contents List of Contributors vi Foreword viii Preface ix CHAPTER 1 Normal Cardiac Structure and Function 1 Ershela Durresi, Elazer R. Edelman, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 2 The Cardiac Cycle: Mechanisms of Heart Sounds and Murmurs 28 Vivek T. Kulkarni and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 3 Cardiac Imaging and Hemodynamic Assessment 46 Sanjay Divakaran and Ron Blankstein CHAPTER 4 The Electrocardiogram 79 Daniel C. Pipilas, Bruce A. Koplan, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 5 Atherosclerosis 118 Siddharth M.

Patel and Peter Libby CHAPTER 6 Ischemic Heart Disease 142 David D. Berg, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 7 Acute Coronary Syndromes 172 David D. Berg, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 8 Valvular Heart Disease 202 Diana M. Lopez, Patrick T.

O'Gara, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 9 Heart Failure 232 Lauren A. Eberly, Eldrin F. Lewis, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 10 The Cardiomyopathies 265 Lauren A. Eberly, Neal K. Lakdawala, and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 11 Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias 285 Victor Nauffal and Leonard S.

Lilly CHAPTER 12 Clinical Aspects of Cardiac Arrhythmias 305 Victor Nauffal and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 13 Hypertension 330 Jenifer M. Brown, Gordon H. Williams, and Leonard S. Lillyxii Table of Contents CHAPTER 14 Diseases of the Pericardium 355 Mathew S. Lopes and Leonard S. Lilly CHAPTER 15 Diseases of the Peripheral Vasculature 373 Stanislav Henkin and Mark A. Creager CHAPTER 16 Congenital Heart Disease 398 Jonathan W.

Cunningham and David W. Brown CHAPTER 17 Cardiovascular Drugs 427 Ankeet S. Bhatt, Victor Nauffal, and Leonard S. Lilly Index 487.