Advances in Heart Disease I. [antikvár]

Preface This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the most recent advances in patient management in cardiovascular medicine. To most effectively accomplish this objective, the present monograph is organized within seven principal areas of important progress: (1) Afterload Reduction Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure; (2) The Sudden Death Problem; (3) Acute Myocardial Infarction; (4) Special Problems in Coronary Artery Disease; (5) Preventive and Population Cardiology; (6) Recent Advances in Echocardiography; and (7) Special Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine. While each of the 31 chapters (including hundreds of illustrations and references) provides independent coverage of a specific topic, the chapters are carefully integrated to sequentially build upon a crucial body of information to afford a comprehensive overview of the subjects without unnecessary repetition. It should be pointed out that this book is an outgrowth of the recent Eighth Annual Symposium on Clinical Cardiology sponsored by our Section of Cardiovascular Medicine and The American College of Cardiology. The preparation of the present book was stimulated by the encouragement of the many attendees and participants desiring copies of the presentations at these postgraduate courses. The intent is that subsequent volumes will extend forthcoming symposia to a wide, clinically oriented audience of professionals in medicine, including medical students, physicians-in-training, generalists, internists, and cardiologists, as well as postgraduate students in the medical sciences and academic basic and clinical investigators. Throughout this monograph, emphasis is placed on the elucidation of the relevant concepts and principles pertinent to each topic, so that xix