Cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and other medical specialists from the US, India, and Canada contribute 10 chapters on coronary heart disease. They address risk factors; the global burden of the disease; the evaluation of chest pain; the diagnosis, early treatment, and complications of acute coronary syndromes; the management of patients with chronic coronary artery disease and stable angina; variant angina; cardiogenic shock in acute coronary syndromes; acute right ventricular infarction; and surgical therapy in chronic coronary artery disease. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)