Medical Editors: Barry L. Zaret, M.D., Marvin Moser, M.D., Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D.

Editorial Director: Genell J. Subak-Sharpe, M.S.

FRONT MATTER

Title Page/Verso/Foreward/Acknowledgements/Contributors

Color Atlas

Part I - THE HEART AND HOW IT WORKS

Chapter 1 The Heart and Circulation - Henry S. Cabin, M.D. (pgs 3-10)

Chapter 2 What Can Go Wrong - Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D. (pgs 11-20)

Part II - HOW TO LOWER YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE

Chapter 3 Cardiovascular Risk Factors - Henry R. Black, M.D. (pgs 32-36)

Chapter 4 The Role of Cholesterol - Jonathan Isaacsohn, M.D. (pgs 37-50)

Chapter 5 Adopting a Healthful Diet - Michele Fairchild, M.A., R.D. and Virginia Utermohlen, M.D. (pgs 51-70)

Chapter 6 Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs - Raphael Zahler, M.D., PH.D., and Caroline Pisselli, R.N., M.B.A. (pgs 71-84)

Chapter 7 Exercise - Frans J. Th.Wackers, M.D. (pgs 85-94)

Chapter 8 Stress, Behavior, and Heart Disease - Matthew M. Burg, PH.D. (pgs 94-104)

Part III - STEPS IN MAKING DIAGNOSIS

Chapter 9 Heart Disease Symtoms - Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D. (pgs 107-114)

Chapter 10 Diagnosis - Barry L. Zaret, M.D. (pgs 115-130)

Part IV - MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS

Chapter 11 Heart Attacks and Coronary Artery Disease - Lawrence Deckelbaum, M.D. (pgs 133-148)

Chapter 12 High Blood Pressure - Marvin Moser, M.D. (pgs 149-166)

Chapter 13 Heart Valve Disease - Jeffrey R. Bender, M.D. (pgs 167-176)

Chapter 14 Heart Failure - Robert Soufer, M.D. (pgs 177-184)

Chapter 15 Heart Muscle Disease - Forrester A. Lee, M.D. (pgs 185-194)

Chapter 16 Heart Rhythm Disorders - Craig A. McPherson, M.D., and Lynda E. Rosenfeld, M.D. (pgs 195-204)

Chapter 17 Peripheral Vascular Disease - Michael D. Ezekowitz, M.D., Ph.D. (pgs 205-214)

Chapter 18 Stroke - Lawrence M. Brass, M.D. (pgs 215-234)

Part V - SPECIAL SITUATIONS

Chapter 19 Women and Heart Disease - Lynda E. Rosenfeld, M.D. (pgs 237-246)

Chapter 20 Heart Disease in the Young - Charles S. Kleinman, M.D. (pgs 247-262)

Chapter 21 Heart Disease in the Elderly - Lawrence H. Young, M.D. (pgs 263-272)

Chapter 22 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Heart Disease - Adrian Ostfeld, M.D. (pgs 273-280)

Part VI - METHODS OF TREATMENT

Chapter 23 Cardiovascular Drugs - Lawrence Cohen, M.D., Lawrence Deckelbaum, M.D., Jonathan Isaacsohn, M.D., Forrester A. Lee, M.D., Craig A. McPherson M.D., Marvin Moser M.D., and Lynda E. Rosenfeld, M.D. (pgs 283-304)

Chapter 24 Coronary Angioplasty and Interventional Cardiology - Michael W. Cleman, M.D. (pgs 305-312)

Chapter 25 Heart Surgery - John C. Baldwin, M.D., John A. Elefteriades, M.D., and Grary Knopf, M.D. (pgs 313-330)

Chapter 26 Pacemakers and Antitachycardia Devices - William Batsford, M.D. (pgs 331-338)

Chapter 27 Cardiac Emergencies - Michael Remetz, M.D. (pgs 339-348)

Chapter 28 Cardiac Rehabilitation - Barry L. Zaret, M.D. (pgs 349-358)

Chapter 29 The Patient as a Consumer - Marvin Moser, M.D. (pgs 359-362)

Part VII - ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMMON HEART DISORDERS

Part VIII - APPENDIX

Glossary

Directory of Resources

Selected Bibliography

Index