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An all-inclusive overview of cardiology in a trusted landmark reference A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! This well-organized textbook begins with a thoughtful discussion of cardiology's past and future. It presents readers with the foundations of cardiovascular medicine and the basics of cardiovascular evaluation. These initial chapters provide an excellent overview of topics in general cardiology from guidelines to newer diagnostic modalities such as MRI, CT, and PET. Subsequently, the book is organized to provide readers with a focused approach to other areas of cardiology from heart failure to electrophysiology and interventional cardiology. This is a very useful reference that compiles a vast amount of information on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases in one book. It continues to be one of best overall references in this field. -- Doody's Review Service Developed by a team of internationally renowned editors and authors, Hurst's The Heart is synonymous with the most comprehensive and current perspectives on treating the full range of heart problems. Inside, you'll get an incisive look at all the global advances in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease, including the translation of basic science research into clinical applications. And integrated throughout are the latest treatment protocols, ACC/AHA and ESC treatment guidelines, as well as quick-reference tables and algorithms. NEW to this Edition: Stunning full-color illustrationsInformation from the COURAGE trial, covering the use and misuse of drug eluting stentsVital coverage of advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and new information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Expert-authored chapters on coronary blood flow, stunning, and hibernation; race and ethnicity in cardiovascular disease; and cardiovascular physiology Up-to-date information on the diagnosis and management of heart failureLatest guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillationNew advances in curative catheter ablation of arrhythmiasIncreased number of international contributorsExpanded chapters on epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension

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Author:   Valentin Fuster ,  Robert O'Rourke ,  Richard Walsh ,  Philip Poole-Wilson
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Medical
Edition:   12th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 8.40cm , Length: 28.70cm
Weight:   5.319kg
ISBN:  

9780071478861

ISBN 10:   0071478868
Pages:   2200
Publication Date:   16 November 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780071636469
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 Cardiovascular Disease: Past, Present & Future 1A HISTORY OF THE HEART 2THE BURDEN OF INCREASING WORLDWIDE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Part II FOUNDATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 3FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HEART 4NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 5PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY 6MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF THE NORMAL, HYPERTROPHIED, AND FAILING HEART 7BIOLOGY OF THE VESSEL WALL 8MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART AND VASCULATURE 9GENETIC BASIS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 10Tissue Regeneration of CARDIOVASCULAR System and the Stem Cells Part 3 EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT 11THE HISTORY, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, AND CARDIAC AUSCULTATION 12THE RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM 13. THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 14. ECG EXERCISE TESTING 15THE CHEST ROENTGENOGRAM AND CARDIAC 16THE ECHOCARDIOGRAM 17CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, CARDIAC ANGIOGRAPHY, AND CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AND PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS 18CORONARY ULTRASOUND IMAGING 19NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY 20COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HEART 21MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE HEART 22MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM 23POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Part 4 HEART FAILURE 24. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE 25. EPIDEMOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE 26 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE 27SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION, AND MECHANICAL VENTRICULAR SUPPORT Part 5 CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SPECIFIC HEART MUSCLEDISEASES 28CLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES 29DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES 30HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY 31. ATHLETE'S HEART 32RESTRICTIVE, OBLITERATIVE, AND INFILTRATIVE CARDIOMYOPATHIES 33MYOCARDITIS AND SPECIFIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES-Alcohol, HIV, Endocrine disease Part 6 RHYTHM AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS 34MECHANISMS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES 35APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS 36ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, ATRIAL FLUTTER, AND ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA 37SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: AV NODE REENTRY AND WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME 38VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS 39BRADYARRHYTHMIAS AND PACEMAKERS 40LONG-TERM CONTINUOUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC RECORDING 41TECHNIQUES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC EVALUATION 42ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS 43TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS WITH CATHETER-ABLATIVE TECHNIQUES 44INDICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION 45THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR 46PEDIATRIC ARRHYTHMIAS Part 7 SYNCOPE, SUDDEN DEATH, AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 47DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SYNCOPE 48SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH 49CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT Part 8 CORONARY HEART DISEASE Section 1: Pathophysiology & Prevention of CHD 50Overall Prev Strategies of CHD 51ATHEROTHROMBOSIS AND Inflammation 52CORONARY THROMBOSIS: LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC FACTORS 53CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA 54NONATHEROSCLEROTIC CORONARY HEART DISEASE 55DEFINITIONS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES & Clinical Implications 56PATHOLOGY OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, INFARCTION, REPERFUSION, AND SUDDEN DEATH 57THE PATHOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL BASIS FOR MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION INJURY Section 2: Clinical Presentation, Dx Eval & Managment 58UNSTABLE ANGINA AND NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION 59ST-SEGMENT-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION:CLINICAL PRESENTATION and DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION 60Pharmacologic Therapy 61PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION 62MECHANICAL INTERVENTIONS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 63DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 64CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY 65MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY 66REHABILITATION OF THE PATIENT WITH CORONARYH EART DISEASE Part 9 SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 67Dx & Tx of HYPERTENSION a.EPIDEMIOLOGY b.PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Part 10 CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE 68PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Ch. 68.5 69PULMONARY EMBOLISM 70CHRONIC COR PULMONALE Part 11 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 71ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER 72AORTIC VALVE DISEASE 73MITRAL VALVE DISEASE & Regurgitation Including Mitral Valve Prolapse 74MITRAL VALVE Stenosis 75TRICUSPID VALVE, PULMONIC VALVE, AND MULTIVALVULAR DISEASE 76CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES 77ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY FOR VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Part 12 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 78CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES DUE TO GENETIC ABNORMALITIES 79THE PATHOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, RECOGNITION, ANDTREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 80CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN ADULTS Part 14 PERICARDIAL DISEASES AND ENDOCARDITIS 81DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM 82INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Part 15 ANESTHESIA, SURGERY, AND THE HEART 83PERIOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WHO UNDERGO NONCARDIAC SURGERY 84ANESTHESIA AND THE PATIENT WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Part 16 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 85THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 86NEOPLASTIC HEART DISEASE 87DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 88THE METABOLIC SYNDROME, OBESITY, AND DIET 89AIDS AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 90EFFECT OF NONCARDIAC DRUGS, ELECTRICITY, POISONS, AND RADIATION ON THE HEART 91ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG INTERACTIONS AND COMPLICATIONS 92EFFECTS OF MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 93HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY 94TRAUMATIC HEART DISEASE 95THE HEART AND KIDNEY DISEASE 96EXERCISE AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 97CARDIOVASCULAR AGING IN THE ABSENCE OF CLINICAL DISEASE AND THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR OLDER PATIENTSWITH CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES 98WOMEN AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Part 17 DISEASES OF THE GREAT VESSELS AND PERIPHERALVESSELS 99DISEASES OF THE AORTA 100CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HEART DISEASE 101THE NONSURGICAL APPROACH TO CAROTID DISEASE 102DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES OF THE PERIPHERAL ARTERIES AND VEINS 103SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE 104ADVANCES IN THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Part 18 SOCIAL ISSUES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 105COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN CARDIOLOGY 106INSURANCE ISSUES IN PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE 107CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 108BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE 109COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL THERAPY IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE

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Hurst's the Heart has become a standard reference textbook in cardiology. It is a comprehensive review by experts in their respective areas of cardiology...This is a very useful reference that compiles a vast amount of information on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases in one book. It continues to be one of best overall references in this field. 5 Stars! --Doody's Review Service Doody's 20081110

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Valentin Fuster, MDDirector, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular InstituteMount Sinai Medical CenterNew York, NY John H. Hord Professor Chair, Department of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Physician-in-Chief University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, Ohio

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