Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine
- 2nd Edition - May 15, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Vasan Ramachandran S., Douglas B. Sawyer
- Language: English
Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine is a four‑volume print and online reference that brings together the essential knowledge… Read more
Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine is a four‑volume print and online reference that brings together the essential knowledge needed to understand the heart and vascular system. Designed for students, clinicians, researchers, and instructors, it offers clear, authoritative coverage of how the cardiovascular system develops, functions, becomes injured, and can be repaired. Because cardiovascular disease remains the world’s leading cause of death, this edition provides the up‑to‑date scientific and clinical insights needed to support research, inform care, and improve outcomes.
This revised edition includes around 180 expert articles spanning cardiac development and regeneration, vascular biology, genetics and omics technologies, coronary and acute cardiac syndromes, heart failure, electrophysiology and device therapies, imaging, population health, and modern research methods. By spanning basic, clinical, and population sciences, the encyclopedia supports a wide range of users from those seeking introductory knowledge to specialists pursuing advanced expertise in cardiovascular medicine.
- Covers the cardiovascular system in health and in disease, compiling key knowledge into a single source
- Incudes foundational content for readers entering the field, moving to more advanced material suitable for experts
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach, moving beyond solely clinical and biomedical knowledge to examine socioeconomic factors in cardiology
- Written and edited by international experts in cardiology and vascular medicine
2. Basic vascular biology
3. Molecular and evolutionary biology and genetics/genomics of cardiovascular medicine
4. Evolutionary Medicine in cardiology and vascular biology
5. Cardiovascular epidemiology, public health, and preventive cardiology
6. Evaluative and treatment of cardiovascular disease
7. Clinical research methods
8. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
9. Heart failure and cardiomyopathies
10. Cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmias and sudden death
11. Diseases of pericardium, great vessels, pulmonary circulation, and miscellaneous cardiovascular disorders
12. Heart disease in special populations and cardiac involvement in systemic diseases
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: May 15, 2026
- Language: English
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Vasan Ramachandran S.
Vasan Ramachandran, MD, FACC, FAHA, is the Founding Dean of the School of Public Health in San Antonio, Texas, a Professor of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, and a Professor of Public Health at the College of Health, Community and Policy at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Previously, Ramachandran served as the Chief in the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine and as Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH). He also served as the Principal Investigator of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS, the oldest running epidemiology study in the US) between 2014 to 2022. Currently, Ramachandran is the Principal Investigator of the Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Study (one of the youngest cohort studies in the US) that studies cardiovascular and rural health disparities in rural populations in the Southern Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, the 'Black Belt'. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), RURAL collaborates with sixteen institutions across the US, led by a cross-functional and transdisciplinary team of investigators.
Dr. Ramachandran is a cardiologist with subspecialty training in echocardiography and cardiovascular epidemiology and has a long-standing commitment to clinical epidemiological research. His personal and professional experiences have sensitized him to the necessity of active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with the diversity of fellow humans and developing a deeper understanding of their lived experiences within institutions, systems, and society. His research draws direct attention to the importance of addressing health disparities and working toward better health access, particularly the critical need to evaluate and address non-medical factors of health.
Dr. Ramachandran's research is focused on: 1) Rural health disparities and social determinants of health. 2) Genomic and non-genomic biomarkers of cardiometabolic and CVD risk. He led FHS in studies relating multiple biomarkers to cardiometabolic and vascular risk, risk modeling, and prediction. 3) Also, has led the area of hypertension and heart failure research at Framingham and described key risk factors, developed a risk score, and described rates of progression and lifetime risk of elevated blood pressure. 4) Dr. Ramachandran has directed the echocardiography, vascular tonometry, and exercise laboratories at FHS for two decades. More recently, he introduced perturbation epidemiology into FHS, which evaluates blood pressure and heart rate resilience to standardized microstressors.
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