With contributions from 103 contributors, this book covers the entire field of cardiovascular medicine. It discusses the pathophysiology and mechanisms of each disease, provides comprehensive coverage of surgery and acute cardiology, and offers step-by-step guidance on every stage of patient management. The volume also contains separate sections on molecular biology and new modalities, highlighting and illustrating these advances in colour. Areas covered include vascular medicine, preventive medicine with material on smoking cessation, exercises and cholesterol, transplant medicine, angiography with coverage of coronary angiography, electrophysiology and pathology.