Experienced clinicians provide a clear, summarized and weighted guide to the large field of internal medicine. All contents of the training regulations for specialists in "Internal Medicine and Cardiology" are covered. The work provides the essentials of the subject. The latest diagnostic and therapeutic concepts are presented, with a focus on the facts relevant to daily patient care. Interdisciplinary topics such as heart and diabetes, heart and brain, heart and sport are also presented. Important key messages and potential errors are highlighted. In addition, the latest studies and guidelines from all important German, European and American specialist societies are taken into account, including the topics of telemedicine in cardiology and cardiac diseases in women.

Cardiovascular risk factors

Coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction
Cardiac arrhythmias
Acute heart failure and pulmonary edema
Chronic heart failure
Shock
Arterial hypertension
Orthostatic hypotension
Syncope
Pulmonary embolism and acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism and acute cor pulmonale
Pulmonary hypertension
Cardiomyopathies
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
Immunological heart diseases
Pathogen-induced endocarditis
Viral heart diseases
Diseases of the pericardium
Congenital heart defects in adults. Congenital heart defects in adulthood
Acquired heart valve defects
Diseases of the thoracic aorta
Cardiac and pericardial tumors
Pregnancy and heart disease
The heart in old age
Cardiac perioperative risk assessment
Cardiac trauma
Rare heart diseases
Heart transplantation
Assessment and economic aspects in cardiology
Diabetes and the heart
Kidney and the heart
Heart and sport
Complementary therapy in heart disease
Regeneration in heart disease.