Table of Contents

1 Is Heart Disease Preventable?.- 2 Case Finding in General Practice.- 3 The Unexpected Finding on Routine Examination.- 4 The Patient with Chest Pain.- 5 Hypertension.- 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias.- 7 Myocardial Infarction.- 8 Congenital Cardiac Disease.- 9 Long-Term Problems.- 10 Current Investigative Techniques.- 11 Managing Strokes.- 12 Systemic Disorders and the Heart.- 13 Current Therapy.- 14 Future Prospects for the Treatment of Heart Disease.