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Table of Contents Anatomy of the Heart (Yen Ho) Physical Examination (Pier Woudstra) Diagnostic Testing (Pier Woudstra) Electrocardiography Echocardiography Cardiac stress testing Heart Failure (Peter Damman, Ineke Nederend) Cardiac Arrhythmias (Louise Olde Nordkamp, Sébastien Krul) Bradycardia Tachycardia Devices ICD Indications Cardiac Arrest Syncope Primary Arrhythmias: LQTS Brugada Syndrome CPVT DPP6 SQTS Coronary Disease (Josien Rozenburg, Peter Damman) Chest Pain / Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction Chronic Coronary Disease Atherosclerosis (Ronak Delewi, Hayang Yang) Diabetes (Jonas de Jong, Alice Li) Valvular Heart Disease (Esther Wiegerinck) Aortic valve stenosis Aortic regurgiation Mitral regurgitation Rheumatic Heart Disease Infective Endocarditis (Alex Crystal) Myocardial and Pericardial Disease (Tim van de Hoef) Cardiomyopathies ARVC/D HCM dCM Pericarditis Aortic Dissection Women's Heart Health (Janneke Wittekoek) HIV and the Heart (Tim van de Hoef) Pulmonary Embolism (James Heilman) Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) (Annelieke van Riel) Cardiac Pharmacology (Heather Melrose, Jonas de Jong) History of Scientific Progress in Cardiovascular Disease (WHO) World Burden of Cardiovascular Diasease: Data from the WHO(WHO) Popular items *Physical Examination

Contributors Editors Jonas S.S.G. de Jong, MD, PhD, FESC, OLVG, The Netherlands Fransje van der Waals, MD, PhD, The Netherlands Authors Renée van den Brink, MD PhD, AMC, The Netherlands Alex Crystal, MD, USA Peter Damman, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Ronak Delewi, MD, AMC, The Netherlands James Heilman, MD, CCFP-EM, Clinical Assistant Professor Tim van de Hoef, MD, AMC, The Netherlands S. Yen Ho, PhD FRCPath FESC FHEA, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK John Kastelein, MD, PhD, AMC, The Netherlands Wouter Kok, MD, PhD, AMC, The Netherlands Sébastien Krul, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Alice Li, MD, PhD, USA Heather Melrose, Manchester, UK Barbara Mulder, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Ineke Nederend, AMC, The Netherlands Louise Olde Nordkamp, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Annelieke van Riel, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Josien Rozenburg, Msc, The Netherlands Hayang Yang, AMC, The Netherlands Esther Wiegerinck, AMC, The Netherlands Arthur Wilde, MD, PhD, AMC, The Netherlands Janneke Wittekoek, MD, PhD, The Netherlands Pier Woudstra, MD, AMC, The Netherlands Illustrations Ties van Brussel, Msc, AMC, The Netherlands J.P.M. Hamer, MD, PhD Shayne Morales, The Phillipines About Contact Disclaimer This Textbook of Cardiology is a project of Cardionetworks Foundation and the Health[e]Foundation. Cardionetworks Foundation is a non-profit that improves access to medical knowledge. Health[e]Foundation provides healthcare workers - around the world - with training programs on communicable and poverty related diseases.

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