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and management of cardiovascular disease since the first edition was published in 2001. All of the
chapters have been extensively reviewed and rewritten. There are now two chapters on acute
coronary syndromes, reflecting the modern classification: one on unstable angina pectoris and
non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and the other on ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction. Otherwise the format of the first edition has been retained, to include
sections on epidemiology, cardiovascular function, examination and investigation of the patient,
disorders of rhythm and conduction, heart failure, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease,
valvular heart disease, hypertension, and other conditions affecting the heart. I am also very happy
to welcome Drs. Arnold M. Katz, Martin M. Goldman, David Benditt, Edward K. Kasper, and
Roger J. Hajjar as new senior authors.
I wish also to thank Pedro Perez for his superb contributions to the artwork, my assistants,
Maria Anthony and Anitra Collins, and Paul Dolgert, John Morgan, Patricia Cleary, and Donna
Niethe, and the editorial, production, and composition departments of Humana Press for their
encouragement and hard work.
Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD, FRCP
