Understanding Heart Disease

Diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Health professionals and the general public alike eagerly watch advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease. Yet the more spectacular aspects of medical progress in the field are often reported prematurely and their potential benefits exaggerated.Written in clear, accessible language, this book presents an authoritative and balanced picture of how heart diseases are recognized and managed. From his many years of experience, Dr. Selzer believes a well-informed patient can cooperate more successfully with a physician, and his book includes information vital to anyone confronting heart problems and cardiac emergencies.
About the AuthorArthur Selzer, M.D., served for twenty-five years as Chief of Cardiology at the Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco, where he continues to be active. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California School of Medicine and Clinical Professor Emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Selzer is the author of three books, including The Heart: Its
Function in Health and Disease (California, 1966), and more than two hundred scientific articles, including the section on the circulation of blood in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Preface
Chapter One The Normal Heart: StructureChapter Two The Normal Heart: FunctionChapter Three DiagnosisChapter Four TreatmentChapter Five Perform of the Heart and Its FailureChapter Six ArrhythmiasChapter Seven Cardiac EmergenciesChapter Eight Ather and Coronary-Artery DiseaseChapter Nine Diseases of the Cardiac ValvesChapter Ten Dis of the Myocardium and PericardiumChapter Eleven Congenital Heart DiseaseChapter Twelve HypertensionChapter Thirteen Dis of the Pulmonary CirculationChapter Fourteen Diseases of the Aorta

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