InhaltsangabeList of contributors, viii Preface, x List of abbreviations, xi 1 Introduction to randomized clinical trials in cardiovascular disease, 1 Tobias Geisler, Marcus D. Flather, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr 2 Publishing results of clinical trials and reviewing papers for publication, 44 Tobias Geisler and Marcus D. Flather 3 Management of chronic coronary artery disease, 60 Sabu Thomas and William E. Boden 4 Acute coronary syndromes (ST elevation and non-ST elevation), 86 Tobias Geisler, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Marcus D. Flather 5 Heart failure, 117 Christopher M. O'Connor and Wendy Gattis Stough 6 Atrial fibrillation, 143 Chee W. Khoo and Gregory Y.H. Lip 7 Electrophysiology and pacing, 174 Irina SumanHorduna and Sabine Ernst 8 Percutaneous coronary intervention, 205 Dharam J. Kumbhani and Deepak L. Bhatt 9 Randomized controlled trials in cardiac surgery: is there any alternative?, 243 Thanos Athanasiou, Amir Sepehripour, and John Pepper 10 Adult congenital heart disease, 274 Cary Ward, J. Kevin Harrison, and Thomas M. Bashore 11 Cardiac imaging, 296 Aiden Abidov and Daniel S. Berman 12 Prevention of cardiovascular disease, 345 Alice J. Owen and Christopher M. Reid Index, 378

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