
The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Cardiovascular System, Volume 8
- 3rd Edition - December 7, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Jamie B. Conti, C. Richard Conti
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 1 2 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 0 9 5 - 6
Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the cardiovascular system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical I… Read more

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Request a sales quoteOffering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the cardiovascular system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (the CIBA "Green Books") contains unparalleled didactic illustrations reflecting the latest medical knowledge. Revised by Drs. Jamie B. Conti and C. Richard Conti, Cardiovascular System, Volume 8 integrates core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and other basic sciences with common clinical correlates across health, medical, and surgical disciplines. Classic Netter art, updated and new illustrations, and modern imaging continue to bring medical concepts to life and make this timeless work an essential resource for students, clinicians, and educators.
- Provides a highly visual guide to the heart and blood vessels, from basic science, anatomy, and physiology to pathology and injury
- Covers new diagnostics and therapeutics, including timely topics like intracardiac echocardiography, optical coherence tomography, radiation dose concerns, and coronary artery spasm
- Provides a concise overview of complex information by integrating anatomical and physiological concepts with clinical scenarios
- Compiles Dr. Frank H. Netter’s master medical artistry—an aesthetic tribute and source of inspiration for medical professionals for over half a century—along with new art in the Netter tradition for each of the major body systems, making this volume a powerful and memorable tool for building foundational knowledge and educating patients or staff
- NEW! An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Diverse worldwide market; both practitioners and trainees across medical and health professions; institutions. For the series: medical schools with a systems-based curriculum (students, instructors, staff, library); clinical practitioners at all levels (especially nonspecialists and specialists interested in areas outside of their specialty); Netter fans and gift-buyers for Netter fans.. For the book/volume: offices/depts/individuals in cardiology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Series
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Preface from the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- About the Artist from the First Edition
- Introduction to the First Edition
- Contributors
- 1. Anatomy
- Plates 1.1–1.4 Thorax
- Plates 1.5—1.6 Exposure of the heart
- Plates 1.7—1.9 Atria and ventricles
- Plates 1.10—1.11 Valves
- Plate 1.12 Specialized conduction system of heart
- Plates 1.13—1.14 Coronary arteries and cardiac veins
- Plates 1.15—1.16 Innervation of heart
- 2. Physiology
- Plates 2.1—2.5 Cardiovascular examination
- Plate 2.6 Neural and humoral regulation of cardiac function
- Plate 2.7 Physiologic changes during pregnancy
- Plates 2.8—2.12 Cardiac catheterization
- Plates 2.13—2.14 Specialized conduction system
- Plates 2.15—2.16 Electrocardiogram
- Plates 2.17—2.18 Cardiac depolarization and repolarization and mean instantaneous vectors
- Plate 2.19 Axis deviation in normal electrocardiogram
- Plate 2.20 Atrial enlargement
- Plate 2.21 Ventricular hypertrophy
- Plate 2.22 Bundle branch block
- Plate 2.23 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- Plate 2.24 Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
- Plate 2.25 Sinus and atrial arrhythmias
- Plate 2.26 Premature contraction
- Plate 2.27 Sinus arrest, sinus block, and atrioventricular block
- Plates 2.28—2.29 Tachycardia, fibrillation, and atrial flutter
- Plate 2.30 Effect of digitalis and calcium/potassium levels on electrocardiogram
- Plates 2.31—2.32 Cardiac pacing
- 3. Imaging
- Plates 3.1—3.8 Radiology and catheter-based angiocardiography
- Plates 3.9—3.10 Catheter-based coronary angiography
- Plate 3.11 Intravascular ultrasound
- Plate 3.12 Transthoracic cardiac ultrasound
- Plate 3.13 Doppler echocardiography
- Plate 3.14 Transesophageal echocardiography
- Plate 3.15 Intracardiac echocardiography
- Plate 3.16 Optical coherence tomography
- Plate 3.17 Exercise and contrast echocardiography
- Plate 3.18 Myocardial perfusion imaging
- Plate 3.19 Ventriculography
- Plates 3.20—3.21 Computed tomographic angiography
- Plate 3.22 Radiation dose concerns
- Plates 3.23—3.24 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- 4. Embryology
- Plate 4.1 Early embryonic development
- Plate 4.2 Early intraembryonic vasculogenesis
- Plates 4.3—4.4 Formation of the heart tube
- Plates 4.5—4.6 Formation of the heart loop
- Plates 4.7—4.13 Formation of cardiac septa
- Plates 4.14—4.17 Development of major blood vessels
- Plates 4.18—4.19 Fetal circulation and changes at birth
- 5. Congenital heart disease
- Plate 5.1 Physical examination
- Plate 5.2 Anomalies of the great systemic veins
- Plates 5.3—5.4 Anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Plate 5.5 Anomalies of the atria
- Plates 5.6–5.8 Defects of the atrial septum
- Plates 5.9—5.10 Endocardial cushion defects
- Plates 5.11—5.14 Anomalies of the tricuspid valve
- Plates 5.15—5.17 Anomalies of the ventricular septum
- Plates 5.18—5.23 Anomalies of right ventricular outflow tract
- Plates 5.24—5.26 Anomalies of the left ventricular outflow tract
- Plates 5.27—5.30 Transposition of the great vessels
- Plate 5.31 Anomalies of the truncus septum
- Plate 5.32 Anomalous left coronary artery and aneurysm of sinus of valsalva
- Plate 5.33 Anomalous coronary arteries seen in adult patients
- Plates 5.34—5.39 Anomalies of aortic arch system
- Plate 5.40 Endocardial fibroelastosis and glycogen storage disease
- 6. Acquired heart disease
- Plate 6.1 Structure of coronary arteries
- Plate 6.2 Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
- Plate 6.3 Risk factors in etiology of atherosclerosis
- Plate 6.4 Pathologic changes in coronary artery disease
- Plate 6.5 End organ damage by vascular disease
- Plate 6.6 Unstable plaque formation
- Plate 6.7 Angiogenesis and arteriogenesis
- Plate 6.8 Overview of myocardial ischemia
- Plate 6.9 Angina pectoris
- Plate 6.10 Coronary artery spasm
- Plate 6.11 Detection of myocardial ischemia
- Plate 6.12 Degree of flow-limiting stenoses
- Plate 6.13 Left-sided heart angiography
- Plate 6.14 Fractional flow reserve
- Plates 6.15—6.16 Chronic angina revascularization procedures
- Plate 6.17 Pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes
- Plates 6.18—6.21 Myocardial infarction: Changes in the heart
- Plates 6.22—6.23 Manifestations of myocardial infarction
- Plate 6.24 Recanalization of occluded coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction
- Plate 6.25 Intraaortic balloon counterpulsation
- Plates 6.26—6.27 Rheumatic fever in sydenham chorea
- Plate 6.28 Rheumatic heart disease: Acute pericarditis and myocarditis
- Plate 6.29 Rheumatic heart disease: Acute valvular involvement
- Plate 6.30 Rheumatic heart disease: Residual changes of acute rheumatic carditis
- Plates 6.31—6.32 Mitral stenosis: Pathologic anatomy
- Plate 6.33 Mitral stenosis: Secondary anatomic effects
- Plate 6.34 Mitral stenosis: Secondary pulmonary effects
- Plates 6.35—6.37 Mitral stenosis: Thromboembolic complications
- Plates 6.38—6.39 Mitral regurgitation
- Plate 6.40 Mitral valve clip
- Plate 6.41 Mitral valve repair
- Plate 6.42 Mitral valve prolapse
- Plates 6.43—6.44 Aortic stenosis: Rheumatic and nonrheumatic causes
- Plates 6.45—6.46 Aortic regurgitation: Pathology
- Plate 6.47 Transcutaneous aortic valve replacement
- Plate 6.48 Cystic medial necrosis of aorta
- Plate 6.49 Cystic medial necrosis of aorta: Surgical management
- Plate 6.50 Syphilitic aortic disease
- Plates 6.51—6.52 Prosthetic valve surgery: First and second generation
- Plates 6.53—6.56 Surgery for acquired heart disease (valvar replacement)
- Plate 6.57 Insertion of trileaflet aortic valve
- Plate 6.58 Aortic valve biologic grafts
- Plates 6.59—6.60 Tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation and multivalvular disease
- Plate 6.61 Amyloidosis
- Plate 6.62 Septic myocarditis
- Plate 6.63 Diphtheritic and viral myocarditis
- Plate 6.64 Myocarditis in sarcoidosis and scleroderma
- Plate 6.65 Idiopathic myocarditis
- Plate 6.66 Endomyocardial fibrosis
- Plate 6.67 Loeffler endocarditis
- Plate 6.68 Becker disease
- Plate 6.69 Beriberi
- Plate 6.70 Cardiomyopathies
- Plate 6.71 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the heart
- Plate 6.72 Substance abuse and the heart
- Plates 6.73—6.75 Pericardial disease
- Plates 6.76—6.77 Acute cor pulmonale and pulmonary embolism
- Plates 6.78–6.80 Chronic cor pulmonale and deep vein thrombosis
- Plate 6.81 Infective endocarditis: Portals of entry and predisposing lesions
- Plate 6.82 Early lesions of infective endocarditis
- Plate 6.83 Advanced lesions of infective endocarditis
- Plate 6.84 Right-sided heart involvement in infective endocarditis
- Plate 6.85 Cardiac sequelae of infective endocarditis
- Plate 6.86 Mycotic aneurysms and emboli in the heart
- Plate 6.87 Remote embolic effects of infective endocarditis
- Plate 6.88 Nonbacterial thrombotic (marantic) endocarditis
- Plates 6.89—6.91 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and hypothermia therapy
- Plate 6.92 Rheumatoid arthritis
- Plate 6.93 Ankylosing spondylitis
- Plate 6.94 Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Plate 6.95 Scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis)
- Plate 6.96 Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Plate 6.97 Acromegaly
- Plate 6.98 Hyperthyroidism: Thyrotoxicosis
- Plate 6.99 Hypothyroidism: Myxedema
- Plate 6.100 Cushing syndrome
- Plate 6.101 Primary hyperaldosteronism: Mineralocorticoid hypertension
- Plate 6.102 Pheochromocytoma
- Plates 6.103—6.104 Heart tumors
- Plates 6.105—6.108 Hypertension: A disease of regulation
- Plate 6.109 Causes of secondary hypertension possibly amenable to surgery
- Plate 6.110 Retinal changes in hypertension
- Plates 6.111—6.112 Occlusive disease of main renal artery
- Plate 6.113 Kidneys and hypertension
- Plates 6.114—6.116 Heart disease in hypertension
- Plate 6.117 Obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension
- Plate 6.118 Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Plate 6.119 Myotonic dystrophy
- Plate 6.120 Friedreich ataxia
- Plate 6.121 Disorders of potassium metabolism
- Plates 6.122—6.126 Penetrating heart wounds
- Plate 127—6.129 Nonpenetrating heart wounds
- Plate 6.130 Percutaneous approaches to reduce cerebral emboli
- Plates 6.131—6.132 Peripheral artery intervention
- Plates 6.133—6.134 Right-sided and left-sided heart failure and systemic congestion
- Plates 6.135—6.136 Pulmonary congestion or edema of cardiac and other origins
- Plate 6.137 Cardiac origins of peripheral or systemic congestion or edema
- Plate 6.138 Therapy for pulmonary edema and paroxysmal dyspnea
- Plates 6.139—6.140 Biventricular pacing and intracardiac defibrillator
- Plate 6.141 Diastolic heart failure
- Plates 6.142—6.144 Heart transplantation
- Plate 6.145 Sudden death in young athletes
- Plate 6.146 Management of syncope
- Plate 6.147 Trichinosis (parasitic heart disease)
- Plate 6.148 Chagas disease (trypanosomiasis)
- Plate 6.149 Amebic pericarditis
- Plate 6.150 Echinococcus infection and hydatid pericarditis
- Selected references
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 7, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323881296
- eBook ISBN: 9780323930956
JC
Jamie B. Conti
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USACC
C. Richard Conti
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Florida College of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA