ince the first edition in 1982, Cardiology for the House Officer has been updated and revised. Now in this Fourth Edition, the authors again hope to create an easy-to-read and concise handbook for dealing with common problems in clinical cardiology. Core material, recent research trials, and diagnostic and therapeutic advances have been summarized. New information on cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, and electrophysiology has been added. A completely new chapter has been added on cardiac drugs