Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approach to cardiac disease diagnosis -- Lipid disorders -- Chronic ischemic health disease -- Unstable angina/non-st elevation myocardial infarction -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiogenic shock -- Aortic stenosis -- Aortic regurgitation -- Mitral stenosis -- Mitral regurgitation -- Tricuspid & pulmonic valve disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Systemic hypertension -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies -- Restrictive cardiomyopathies -- Myocarditis -- Pericardial diseases -- Congestive heart failure -- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction -- Supraventricular tachycardias -- Atrial fibrillation -- Conduction disorders & cardiac pacing -- Ventricular tachycardia -- Syncope -- Sudden cardiac death -- Pulmonary embolic disease -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Congenital heart disease in adults -- Long-term anticoagulation for cardiac conditions -- Cardiac tumors -- Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy -- Endocrinology & the heart -- Connective tissue diseases & the heart -- The athlete's heart -- Thoracic aortic aneurysms & dissections -- Evaluation & treatment of the perioperative patient.

The Lange Currents are convenient, up-to-date and economical references that are aimed at practising physicians, residents and students. Each volume deals with patient diagnosis and management in a specific field of medicine.