This reader-friendly, bimonthly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one to three topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Cardiology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews cover key subjects such as arrhythmias; valvular heart disease; molecular genetics; ischemic heart disease; hypertension; and imaging and echocardiography--some 14 items in all of major relevance. All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, References and Recommended Reading. At the back of each volume is Current World Literature, an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from the top 100 journals in the field. Topics Covered: Arrhythmias; Valvular heart disease; Heart transplantation; Pediatrics; Cardiac failure; Molecular genetics; Hypertension; Pediatrics;Clinical trials; Diseases of the aorta, pulmonary, and peripheral vessels; Imaging and Echocardiography; Prevention; Coronary artery surgery; Ischemic heart disease.