Cardiology

Elias Hanna has written a book that is remarkable in several ways: First, it is a single- authored text, which is a rarity in the 21st century for a work covering a field as broad as cardiology. Second, true to its title, Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians provides quick reference to various topics yet covers each in a thorough manner. This makes it user friendly in our world of rapidly expanding knowledge and seemingly shrinking time. Third, the book is an appropriate reference for persons in various stages of learning, from the medical student to the practicing cardiologist a range of interest much desired by authors and publishers, but rarely achieved. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines for the management of different cardiac conditions have unequivocally improved outcomes and have an appropriately prominent place in Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians. Electrocardiography also occupies a conspicuous position in the text by dint of its noninvasive, inexpensive, diagnostic capabilities that have made it arguably the most important portion of the cardiovascular boardexamination. Elias Hanna has an exceptional grasp of cardiovascular disease, and, with the editorial aid of two of his colleagues in the Section of Cardiology of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, he has given us Cardiology: Handbook for Clinicians, packed with easy-to-understand diagnostic and therapeutic information.