本书介绍和描述了一系列内容丰富的临床案例，目的是让读者清楚地了解心脏病专家在日常临床实践中可能面临的最频繁和最具挑战性的情况。本书涉及现代临床心脏病学的所有主要课题，包括急性缺血性心脏病、模拟缺血性心脏病的情况、心力衰竭和再同步化治疗、心肌病、瓣膜性心脏病、心律失常和通道病。本书对成像技术及其解释、考虑到潜在合并症的病人管理和适合临床情况的随访提供指导。本书中的典型临床病例将成为医科学生、住院医师和其他希望成功应对心脏疾病挑战的人的良好学习基础。此外，本书对于更有经验的心脏病专家来说，也是非常有用的参考资料。

This book presents and describes a series of informative clinical cases with the aim of providing the reader with a clear understanding of the most frequent and challenging scenarios that a cardiologist may face during daily clinical practice. All major topics in modern clinical cardiology are addressed, including acute ischemic heart disease, conditions that mimic ischemic heart disease, heart failure and resynchronization therapy, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias and channelopathies. Guidance is provided on imaging techniques and their interpretation, patient management taking into account potential comorbidities and follow-up appropriate to the clinical circumstances. The paradigmatic clinical cases in this book will serve as a sound basis for learning for medical students, residents and others wishing to meet successfully the challenges posed by cardiac disease. In addition, the book will be a very useful reference for the more experienced cardiologist.