Every rational and efficient therapeutic decision should be evidence-based. Many new findings regarding the treatment of cardiac diseases have been made, including novel pharmacological, interventional and instrument-based strategies. Appropriate comparisons of different treatment strategies have continuously improved the state of evidence in cardiology. To simplify the transfer of evidence-based knowledge into practice, the information is presented accordingly: in a concise and structured manner, with easy-to-follow illustrations and up-to-date and rapidly accessible contents - thus making this textbook a successful guide derived from practice, for practice.