This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It not a textbook and would serve you poorly if used as such. Instead, it is a homunculus of cardiology knowledge, based on the experience of the authors with the sole aim of helping you make a decision when faced with the daily challenges of cardiology. We live in an age where access to the latest trial data is immediate. For many people, lack of knowledge is not the problem, instead it is inadequate experience that holds them back from making a decision based on that knowledge. The Editor calls this ‘evidence based paralysis’. Sometimes you don’t want to know what a group of experts decided in the latest trial; you simply want to know what to do next. Obviously there is no substitute for experience but to help you along the way the aim of this book is to help you ‘get off the fence’ and indicate what the authors have done in similar situations. It is not going to teach you how to do an * Written by a doctor involved in every day real life cardiology, designed for all junior doctors, primary care physicians and nursing staff involved with cardiological problems * Sorts the ‘wheat from the chaff’ and says it how it really is * Designed to cure people who suffer from ‘evidence based paralysis’! * Content approved and adopted by two NHS Trusts * Material based on national and international guidelines * Deals not only with the prevailing evidence regarding ‘best practice’, but highlights common misconceptions and well known ‘short-cuts’ to try to resist! * Covers ACS and first line treatment for MI in the emergency room * Includes diagnostic angiography and angioplasty * Addresses the primary and secondary management of MI * Includes practical discussion of lipid disorders, hypertension and risk stratification * Addresses heart failure, chronic valve disease and cardiomyopathies