General Features of the Cardiovascular System -- Anatomy -- Cardiac Development -- Anatomy of the Thoracic Wall, Pulmonary Cavities, and Mediastinum -- Anatomy of the Human Heart -- Comparative Cardiac Anatomy -- The Coronary System and Associated Medical Devices -- The Pericardium -- Physiology and assessment -- Cardiac Myocytes -- The Cardiac Conduction System -- Autonomic Nervous System -- Cardiac and Vascular Receptors and Signal Transduction -- Reversible and Irreversible Damage of the Myocardium -- The Effects of Anesthetic Agents on Cardiac Function -- Blood Pressure, Heart Tones, and Diagnoses -- Basic ECG Theory, Recordings, and Interpretation -- Mechanical Aspects of Cardiac Performance -- Energy Metabolism in the Normal and Diseased Heart -- to Echocardiography -- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Devices and Therapies -- Historical Perspective of Cardiovascular Devices and Techniques -- Animal Models for Cardiac Research -- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Transcatheter Ablation -- Pacing and Defibrillation -- Biventricular Pacing for Congestive Heart Failure -- Cardiac Mapping Systems -- Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia -- Heart Valve Disease -- Less-Invasive Cardiac Surgery -- Treatment of Cardiac Septal Defects -- End-Stage Cardiomyopathy -- Experimental Cell Transplantation for Myocardial Repair -- Genomics-Based Tools and Technology -- Emerging Cardiac Devices and Technologies.