Understanding Heart Disease
  Preface

 expand sectionChapter One  The Normal Heart:  Structure
 expand sectionChapter Two  The Normal Heart:  Function
 expand sectionChapter Three  Diagnosis
 expand sectionChapter Four  Treatment
 expand sectionChapter Five  Performance of the  Heart and Its Failure
 expand sectionChapter Six  Arrhythmias
 expand sectionChapter Seven  Cardiac Emergencies
 expand sectionChapter Eight  Atherosclerosis and  Coronary-Artery Disease
 expand sectionChapter Nine  Diseases of the  Cardiac Valves
 expand sectionChapter Ten  Diseases of the  Myocardium and Pericardium
 expand sectionChapter Eleven  Congenital Heart Disease
 collapse sectionChapter Twelve  Hypertension
 •Disturbances of Regulation of  Blood Pressure
 •Causes of Hypertension
 •Consequences and Course  of Hypertension
 •Treatment of Hypertension
 expand sectionChapter Thirteen  Diseases of the  Pulmonary Circulation
 expand sectionChapter Fourteen  Diseases of the Aorta

  Glossary
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