This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Mark B. Stephens, is devoted to Cardiovascular Disease. Articles in this issue include: State of the Heart: Overview of disease burden of cardiovascular disease from an epidemiologic perspective; Heavy Heart: Economic burden of heart disease with projections/implications for impact on the health care system; Prevention of Heart Disease; Coronary Artery Disease; Congestive Heart Failure; Valvular Heart Disease; Peripheral Vascular Disease; The Athlete's Heart and Sudden Death; Metabolic Syndrome: systems thinking in heart disease; Women and Heart Disease; Heart Disease in Children; and Cardiac Imaging.
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Table of Contents
Cardiovascular Disease - Table of Contents
Foreword: The Price of the Heart
Preface: Be Still My Beating Heart: Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
State of the Heart: An Overview of the Disease Burden of Cardiovascular Disease from an Epidemiologic Perspective
Heavy Heart: The Economic Burden of Heart Disease in the United States Now and in the Future
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Management
Heart Failure: Optimizing Recognition and Management in Outpatient Settings
Valvular Heart Disease
Preparticipation Screening of Young Athletes: Identifying Cardiovascular Disease
Metabolic Syndrome: Systems Thinking in Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Heart Disease in Children
Cardiac Imaging Modalities and Appropriate Use
Authors
Mark B. Stephens Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Department of Family Medicine.
