Table of Contents

I. Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Disease
1 Cardiovascular Examination
2 Applied Anatomy of the Heart and Great Vessels
3 Evidence-Based Medicine and Statistics in Cardiology
4 Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Heart Disease
5 Essential Molecular Biology

II. Noninvasive Imaging
6 Restrictions on Drivers and Aircraft Pilots With Cardiac Disease
7 Principles of Echocardiography
8 Stress Echocardiography
9 Transesophageal Echocardiography
10 Nuclear Imaging
11 Positron Emission Tomography
12 Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
13 Cardiac Radiography
14 Atlas of Congenital Heart Defects
15 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Clinical Medicine
16 Stress Test Selection

III. Electrophysiology
17 Electrocardiographic Diagnoses: Criteria and Definitions of Abnormalities
18 Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
19 Indications for Invasive and Noninvasive Electrophysiologic Testing
20 Heritable Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies Clinical Presentations, Genetics, and Implications of Genetic Testing
21 Pediatric Arrhythmias
22 Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
23 Supraventricular Tachycardia
24 Ventricular Tachycardia and Ectopy
25 Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease
26 Evaluation and Management of Pregnancy Associated Arrhythmias
27 Syncope: Diagnosis and Treatment
28 Pacemakers
29 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
30 Technical Aspects of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Troubleshooting
31 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Trials and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
32 Heart Disease in Athletes
33 Autonomic Function Testing
34 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
35 Intracardiac Electrophysiology Tracings

IV. Valvular Heart Disease
36 Valvular Stenosis
37 Valvular Regurgitation
38 Rheumatic Heart Disease
39 Carcinoid and Drug-Related Heart Disease
40 Prosthetic Heart Valves
41 Surgery for Cardiac Valve Disease
42 Pathogenesis of Valvular Heart Disease
43 Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Diseases
V. Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease
44 Peripheral Vascular Disease
45 Cerebrovascular Disease and Carotid Artery Stenting
46 The Aorta
47 Renal Artery Disease
48 Pathophysiology of Arterial Thrombosis
49 Treatment and Prevention of Arterial Thrombosis
50 Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
51 Vasculitis
52 Marfan Syndrome

VI. Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors
53 Coronary Artery Disease Epidemiology
54 Metabolic Syndrome
55 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
56 Dyslipidemia
57 Lipid-Lowering Medications and Lipid-Lowering Clinical Trials
58 Novel Biomarkers for Coronary Artery Disease Risk
59 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease
60 Stroke
61 Hypertension
62 Heart Disease in Women
63 Heart Disease in the Elderly

VII. Myocardial Infarction
64 Cardiac Biomarkers
65 Acute Coronary Syndrome
66 Chronic Stable Angina
67 Right Ventricular Infarction
68 Adjunctive Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
69 Arrhythmia Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
70 Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
71 Cardiogenic Shock
72 Reperfusion Strategy for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Fibrinolysis Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
73 Fibrinolytic Trials in Acute Myocardial Infarction
74 Risk Stratification After Myocardial Infarction
75 Cardiac Rehabilitation
76 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
77 Pericardial Disease
78 Pulmonary Embolism
79 Pulmonary Hypertension
80 Pregnancy and the Heart
81 Adult Congenital Heart Disease
82 HIV Infection and the Heart
83 Infective Endocarditis
84 Systemic Disease and the Heart
85 Cardiac Tumors
86 Sleep Apnea for Cardiology Boards
87 Cardiovascular Trauma
88 Acute Brain Injury and the Heart
89 Noncardiac Anesthesia in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

IX. Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure
90 Reflex and Humoral Control of the Circulation
91 Systolic Heart Function
92 Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
93 Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Evaluation
94 Right Ventricular Failure
95 Pharmacologic Therapy of Systolic Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure
96 Mechanical Ventricular Assist Devices
97 Myocarditis
98 Dilated Cardiomyopathy
99 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
100 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
101 Cardiac Transplantation

X. Invasive/Interventional Cardiology
102 Coronary Anatomy and Angiographic Views
103 Coronary Artery Physiology and Intracoronary Imaging
104 Principles of Interventional Cardiology
105 Structural Heart Disease Intervention Transcutaneous Aortic Valve and Mitral Valve Procedures
106 Catheter Closure of Intracardiac Shunts
107 Invasive Hemodynamics
108 Atlas of Hemodynamic Tracings

XI. Appendix
109 Preparing for Cardiology Examinations