An exemplary product of the Specialized Center of Research on Ischemic Heart Disease founded by Dr Tinsley R. Harrison has been created by his latter-day descendants Drs Rackley and Russell and their colleagues at the University of Alabama Medical Center, Division of Cardiology. An efficiently organized, complete discussion of almost every aspect of coronary artery disease is presented for the primary care physician as well as for the student and the cardiologist. In clear language the authors introduce the reader to the problem, its natural history, manifestations, as well as factors in etiology and prognosis, including consideration of singleor multiple-vessel disease and left ventricular function. Noninvasive methods of evaluation, including kinetocardiography, echocardiography, exercise testing, and radionucleide study, are completely explained, and the reader is well able to appreciate the limits and benefits of each of these procedures. Arteriography, cardiac catheterization to evaluate left ventricular function, and left ventricular biplane angiography