Contents
TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S
Preface
Book 1
1. Cardiovascular Anatomy & Physiology 3
2. Cardiovascular Disease Causes & Mechanisms 13
3 . Treatment Principles 19
4. Commonly Used Chinese Medicinals in Cardiovascular Diseases 25
5. Commonly Used Formulas in Cardiovascular Diseases 47
Book 2
1. Cardiac Arrhythmias 6 5
2 . Cardiac Neurosis 101
3 . Cardiomyopathy 117
4 . Congestive Heart Failure 137
5 . Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) 161
6 . Cor Pulmonale 201
7 . Gall bladder-Cardiac Syndrome 215
8. Gastrocardiac Syndrome 225
9 . Hypercholesterolemia 2 3 7
10 . Hypertension 261
11 . Hypotension 293
12 . Hypothyroid Heart Disease 311
13 . Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) 327
14 . Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) 343
15 . Pericarditis & Cardiac Tamponade 361
16 . Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) 371
17 . Raynaud’s Phenomenon & Disease 383
18 . Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) & Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) 405
19 . Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS) 435
20 . Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome 449
21 . Superior Vena Cava Syndrome 457
22 . Takayasu’s Arteritis (TA) 435
23 . Thromboangitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease) 479
24 . Varicose Veins 499
25 . Venous Thrombosis 519
26 . Viral Myocarditis 551
Cardiovascular Glossary 583
Appendix: Commonly Used Western Cardiovascular Drugs 599
Bibliography 603
Formula Index 615
General Index
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