Includes bibliographic references and index.

Contents: Evidence-based cardiology practice -- Evaluation of patients with cardiovascular problems -- Electrocardiography -- Exercise stress testing -- Echocardiography -- Chest radiography in cardiovascular disease -- Cardiac computed tomography -- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- Nuclear cardiology -- Catheterization and angiography -- Hemodynamic study -- Heart failure and pulmonary hypertension -- Tachyarrhythmias -- Cardiac implantable electronic devices -- Bradyarrhythmias -- Preventive cardiology -- Hypertension -- Dyslipidemia -- ST-Segment elevation myocardial infarction -- Percutaneous coronary intervention -- Transcatheter therapies for structural heart disease -- Aortic disorders and their management -- Peripheral artery disease -- Cardiomyopathies and myocarditis -- Valvular heart disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Pericardial disease -- Congenital heart disease -- Venous thromboembolism -- Cardiovascular genetics -- Renal disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Endocrine disorders and the cardiovascular system -- The heart and pulmonary diseases -- Cardiovascular drugs and homeostasis -- Stable ishemic heart disease -- Non-ST-segment elvation acute coronary syndromes -- Anesthesia and sedation in cardiac patients -- Principles of cardiovascular surgery --