Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; 1 Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; 2 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 1. Definition, reperfusion, and general management; 2. STEMI complications; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; 3 Stable CAD and Approach to Chronic Chest Pain; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Part 2: HEART FAILURE (CHRONIC AND ACUTE HEART FAILURE, SPECIFIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY); 4 Heart Failure; DEFINITION, TYPES, CAUSES, AND DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE.1. DEFINITION AND TYPES OF HEART FAILURE2. CAUSES OF HEART FAILURE; 3. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; CHRONIC TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE; 1. TREATMENT OF SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; 2. TREATMENT OF HFPEF; ACUTE HEART FAILURE AND ACUTELY DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; 5 Additional Heart Failure Topics; 1. SPECIFIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; 2. ADVANCED HEART FAILURE: HEART TRANSPLANT AND VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VADS); 3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE AND HEMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; References; Part 3: VALVULAR DISORDERS; 6 Valvular Disorders; 1. MITRAL REGURGITATION; 2. MITRAL STENOSIS.3. AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY4. AORTIC STENOSIS; 5. TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AND STENOSIS; 6. PULMONIC STENOSIS AND REGURGITATION; 7. MIXED VALVULAR DISEASE; RADIATION HEART DISEASE; 8. PROSTHETIC VALVES; 9. AUSCULTATION AND SUMMARY IDEAS; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Part 4: HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; 7 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Part 5: ARRHYTHMIAS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; 8 Approach to Narrow and Wide QRS Complex Tachyarrhythmias; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Practice ECGs of wide complex tachycardias; Further reading; 9 Ventricular Arrhythmias.QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSReferences; Further reading; 10 Atrial Fibrillation; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Further reading; 11 Atrial Flutter and Atrial Tachycardia; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Further reading; 12 Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, and Junctional Rhythms; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; Further reading; 13 Bradyarrhythmias; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; References; Chapter 14: Permanent Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Cases of PM troubleshooting.