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Braunwald's Heart Disease

A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Single Volume

  • 8th Edition - October 1, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Douglas L. Mann, Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow, Douglas P. Zipes
  • Language: English

Dr. Braunwald's masterwork returns ... bringing you the definitive guidance you need to overcome any challenge in clinical cardiology today, using the best approaches available!… Read more

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Dr. Braunwald's masterwork returns ... bringing you the definitive guidance you need to overcome any challenge in clinical cardiology today, using the best approaches available! Hundreds of world authorities, many of them new to this edition, synthesize all of the recent developments that are revolutionizing practice - from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics to the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. The expertise of the book's contributors, the scope of its coverage, and its richly illustrated, user-friendly format all make this the ultimate reference for the practicing cardiologist.

Key features

  • Locate the answers you need fast, thanks to a user-friendly, full-color design, complete with more than 1,500 color illustrations.
  • Glean clinically actionable information quickly with Clinical Practice Points in every chapter.
  • Incorporate all of the text's illustrations into your own PowerPoint® presentations with the bonus CD-ROM.

Readership

Cardiologists and residents, Internists

Table of contents

1. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease


2. Heart Disease in Varied Populations


3. Economics and Cardiovascular Disease


4. Clinical Decision Making in Cardiology


5. Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Cardiovascular Care


6. Principles of Drug Therapy


7. Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics in Cardiovascular Disease


8. Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease


9. Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmias


10. Genetics of Myocardial Disease


11. The History and Physical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach


12. Electrocardiography

Guidelines: Electrocardiography


13. Exercise Stress Testing

Guidelines: Exercise Stress Testing


14. Echocardiography

Guidelines: Use of Echocardiography


15. The Chest Radiograph in Cardiovascular Disease


16. Nuclear Cardiology

Guidelines: Nuclear Cardiology


17. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance


18. Computed Tomography of the Heart


19. Cardiac Catheterization


20. Coronary Angiography and Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging

Guidelines: Coronary Arteriography Guidelines


21. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation


22. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure


23. Clinical assessment


24. Acute Heart Failure


25. Systolic Heart Failure


26. Heart Failure w/Preserved Systolic Fx

Guidelines: Management of Heart Failure


27. Surgical management of Heart Failure


28. Circ Assist Therapy of Heart Failure


29. Emerging therapies for Heart Failure


30. Care of Patients with End-Stage Heart Disease


31. Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations


32. Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias


33. Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias

Guidelines: Ambulatory Electrocardiography and Electrophysiological Testing


34. Cardiac Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Guidelines: Cardiac Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators


35. Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment


36. Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death


37. Hypotension and Syncope


38. The Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis


39. Risk Factors for Atherothrombotic Disease


40. Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis


41. Systemic Hypertension: Therapy

Guidelines: Treatment of Hypertension


42. Lipoprotein Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease


43. The Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease


44. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease


45. Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease


46. Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease


47. Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Management


48. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia


49. Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain


50. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Pathology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Features


51. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Management


52. Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Guidelines: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction


53. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Guidelines: Unstable Angina


54. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease

Guidelines: Chronic Stable Angina


55. Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention

Guidelines: Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention


56. Diseases of the Aorta Peripheral Arterial Diseases


57. Prevention and Management of Stroke


58. Endovascular Treatment of Noncoronary Obstructive Vascular Disease


59. Diabetes and Heart Disease


60. Congenital Heart Disease


61. Valvular Heart Disease

Guidelines: Management of Valvular Heart Disease


62. Infective Endocarditis

Guidelines: Infective Endocarditis


63. The Dilated, Infiltrative and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies


64. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies


65. Myocarditis


66. Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals


67. Toxins and the Heart


68. Primary Tumors of the Heart


69. Pericardial Diseases


70. Traumatic Heart Disease


71. Pulmonary Embolism


72. Pulmonary Hypertension


73. Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease


74. Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly


75. Cardiovascular Disease in Women


76. Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease

Guidelines: Pregnancy


77. Sports Cardiology


78. Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery


79. Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease

Guidelines: Reducing Cardiac Risk with Noncardiac Surgery


80. Endocrine Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease


81. Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis, and Cardiovascular Disease


82. Rheumatic Fever


83. Rheumatic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System


84. The Patient with Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer


85. Psychiatric Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease


86. Neurological Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease


87. Interface Between Renal Disease and Cardiovascular Illness


88. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Autonomic Disorders

Review quotes

This is one of the most comprehensive textbooks I have ever come across. It truly leaves no stones unturned and each area is covered in impressive scope and depth. It is an indispensable source of reference for cardiologists and non-cardiologists alike.
The online version is very user-friendly and follows the same format as the textbook. One added bonus is the update feature where all the most recent advances are updated regularly and inserted into the relevant chapters. The CD-ROM contains a generous number of very well chosen, good quality slides which can be imported for use in presentations.
I would strongly recommend this textbook as a worthy addition to the medical library of any primary or secondary care physician and the online version makes it a very practical reference tool for everyday use.

Nilar Than,
Univadis, December 2009



REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION

"The editors have accomplished an impressive feat: improving on an already classic text...A worthy addition to the medical library of any practicing cardiologist, cardiology fellow, or health care practitioner with a special interest in heart disease." - JAMA

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 30, 2007
  • Language: English

About the authors

DM

Douglas L. Mann

Affiliations and expertise
Washington University, School of Medicine, USA

PL

Peter Libby

Dr. Peter Libby is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Receiving his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, he undertook a cellular physiology research fellowship at HMS. After a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease, he became board certified in both. He is an editor of the leading cardiovascular medicine textbook, and the author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications, 575 reviews, chapters, etc. He has received funding from the American Heart Association (AHA) and National Institutes of Health, plus recognitions on four continents, including the AHA and American College of Cardiology’s highest research awards, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, the Anitschkow award from the European Atherosclerosis Society, the Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine, and the Earl Benditt award for vascular biology.
Affiliations and expertise
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA

RB

Robert O. Bonow

Affiliations and expertise
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

DZ

Douglas P. Zipes

Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Professor, Division of Cardiology and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA