A Textbook of Cardiovasular Medicine
-- The 6th edition of the Keystone reference in cardiology, which provides all the clinical information a cardiologist needs to know.
-- World authorities synthesize all of the remarkable developments that are revolutionizing cardiology practice from the newest findings in molecular genetics through the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications.New edition of a cardiology text that synthesizes all of the remarkable developments that are revolutionizing practice, from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics through the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. Braunwald (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Douglas P. Zipes (medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology) and Peter Libby (vascular medicine and atherosclerosis, Brigham and Women's hospital) and about 80 additional experts discuss general considerations; examination of the patient; normal and abnormal cardiac function; hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; diseases of the heart, pericardium, and pulmonary vascular bed; molecular biology and genetics; special populations; and cardiovascular disease and disorders of other organ systems. Contains 30 new chapters and extensive updates, and many color and b&w illustrations.
