Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular medicine beyond the coronary artery: hypertension that will not settle, lipid targets that keep moving, atherosclerosis as a whole-body process, and the vascular consequences a physician follows for decades rather than days. These references are built for the clinician holding long-term risk in general or internal medicine practice, where treatment decisions are repeated at every review and rarely made with a specialist in the room. Practical starting points include Contemporary Management of Hypertension and Modern Lipidology. For risk reduction over years, see Preventive Cardiology.