Clinical Cardiology Handbook: Comprehensive Coverage of Ischemic Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Valvular Disorders, and Preventive Strategies

The chest pain in the 72-year-old woman on apixaban, the post-TAVR patient with a new conduction abnormality at 3 AM, the marathon runner with a 14 mm septum — contemporary cardiology demands decisions that textbooks from five years ago cannot support.Outdated frameworks produce missed MINOCA in women dismissed as anxious, undertreated HFpEF before SGLT2 inhibitors were understood, and PFO closure opportunities lost to the decade when the trials had not yet matured.This handbook rebuilds your clinical reasoning around the evidence, imaging, and therapies that actually define cardiology in 2026.Inside this book:• Four-pillar heart failure GDMT — sequence ARNI, beta-blocker, MRA, and SGLT2 inhibitor for maximum mortality benefit in weeks, not months• TAVR across the risk spectrum — select bioprosthetic vs. self-expanding platforms using contemporary trial evidence from low-risk to inoperable patients• MINOCA and INOCA precision workup — use invasive coronary function testing with acetylcholine provocation to identify the endotype driving your patient's ischemia• 2023 Duke-ISCVID endocarditis criteria — integrate 18F-FDG PET/CT and multimodality imaging to diagnose prosthetic valve endocarditis with confidence• Pulsed field ablation and EAST-AFNET 4 rhythm control — deliver earlier, safer, more durable AF management• SCAD recognition and conservative management — avoid the PCI error that extends the dissection• Genotype-specific aortopathy thresholds — intervene at 4.2 cm in Loeys-Dietz, 5.0 cm in Marfan, before dissection occurs• Shared decision-making for return-to-play — replace categorical prohibition with individualized risk assessment after cardiac eventsWritten for internists, cardiologists, hospitalists, residents, fellows, NPs, PAs, and advanced medical students caring for cardiovascular patients.Practice the cardiology your patients deserve. Read more