1 Hypertension -- Detection -- Evaluation -- Major Antihypertensive Classes -- Quality-of-life Issues -- Antihypertensive Selection -- Severe Hypertension And Emergencies -- Conclusion -- 2 Ischemic Heart Disease. -- Chest Pain -- Angina Pectoris -- Unstable Angina Pectoris -- Silent Ischemia -- Myocardial Infarction -- 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Basic Electrophysiology Of The Heart -- Approach To The Diagnosis Of Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Approach To Therapy For Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Specific Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis And Management -- Conclusion -- 4 Valvular Heart Disease -- Introduction -- Innocent And Physiologic Murmurs -- Valvular Heart Disease -- Congenital Heart Disease -- Murmurs During Pregnancy -- Murmurs In The Athlete34 ... 36 -- 5 Heart Failure -- Acute Heart Failure/cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema -- Chronic Heart Failure -- Prevention Of Hf -- Future Therapy For Heart Failure -- Refractory Chronic Heart Failure And The Heart Failure Specialist -- 6 Dyslipidemias -- Screening -- Secondary Causes Of Abnormal Cholesterol Levels -- Dyslipidemia Classification -- Nonpharmacologic Management Of Dyslipidemias -- Pharmacologic Management -- 7 Venous Thromboembolism -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical Approach -- Prevention -- Clinical Risk Stratification -- Diagnostic Tests -- Diagnostic Approach -- 8 Cerebrovascular Disease -- Pathogenesis -- Risk Factors -- Cerebrovascular Ischemia -- Hemorrhagic Stroke -- Strokes In Children And Young Adults -- Recovery And Rehabilitation -- 9 Cardiovascular Emergencies -- Syncope -- Cardiogenic Shock -- Sudden Cardiac Death (scd) -- 10 Medical Care Of The Surgical Patient -- Preoperative Assessment -- 11 Selected Disorders Of The Cardiovascular System -- Pericarditis -- Myocarditis -- Endocarditis -- Cardiomyopathies -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- Peripheral Vascular Disease. Robert B. Taylor, Editor ; Associate Editors, Alan K. David [and Others]. This Book Is Comprised Of Chapters From The Sixth Edition Of The Large Reference Book, Family Medicine : Principles And Practice--preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.