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Comprehensive Cardiology at Its Best! Hurst's the Heart is the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource on the heart, representing the cornerstone of current scholarship in the discipline. Cardiologists, cardiology fellows, and internists from across the globe have relied on its unmatched authority, breadth of coverage and clinical relevance to optimize patient outcomes. Featuring an enhanced, reader-friendly design, this edition covers need-to-know clinical advances as well as issues that are becoming increasingly vital to cardiologists worldwide.

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Author:   Valentin Fuster ,  Richard Walsh ,  Robert A. Harrington
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Medical
Edition:   13th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 8.90cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   5.797kg
ISBN:  

9780071636469

ISBN 10:   0071636463
Pages:   2500
Publication Date:   17 January 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780071843249
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Contributors Acknowledgments Preface PART 1: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 1. A History of the Heart, Cardiac Diseases, and the Development of Cardiovascular Medicine as a Specialty, Robert A. Harrington, Mark E. Silverman, and Charles F. Wooley 2. The Burden of Increasing Worldwide Cardiovascular Disease, Justin P. Zachariah, Ramachandran S. Vasan, and Ralph B. D'Agostino 3. Assessing and Improving the Quality of Care in Cardiovascular Medicine, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Amit P. Amin, and John A. Spertus Part 2: FOUNDATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 4. Functional Anatomy of the Heart, Joseph F. Malouf, William D. Edwards, A. Jamil Tajik, and James B. Seward 5. Normal Physiology of the Cardiovascular System, Brian D. Holt and Richard A. Walsh 6. Principles of Molecular Cardiology, Mukesh K. Jain, Aaron Proweller, and Richard A. Walsh 7. Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Normal, Hypertrophied, and Failing Heart, Saptarsi M. Haldar and Richard A. Walsh 8. Biology of the Vessel Wall, Kathy K. Griendling, David G. Harrison, and R. Wayne Alexander 9. Molecular Development of the Heart, Bradley B. Keller, James B. Hoyling, and Roger K. Markwald 10. Genetic Basis for Cardiovascular Disease, Robert Roberts and Elizabeth McNally 11. Tissue Regeneration of the Cardiovascular System and Stem Cells, Arjun Deb, Helmut Drexler, Mirotsou Maria, and Victor Dzau PART 3: EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT 12. Diagnostic Decision Making Using Modern Technology, Steve L. Liao and Mario J. Garcia 13. Therapeutic Decision Making Based Upon Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice Guidelines, Ira S. Nash, Michael E. Farkouh, and Valentin Fuster 14. The History, Physical Examination, and Cardiac Auscultation, Richard A. Walsh, Robert A. O'Rourke, and James A. Shaver 15. Surface Electrocardiography, Antoni Bayes-de-Luna, Diego Goldwasser, Miquel Fiol, and Antoni Bayes-Genis 16. ECG Exercise Testing, Michael J. Lipinski and Victor F. Froelicher 17. Cardiac Radiography, Robert A. O'Rourke 18. Echocardiography, Anthony N. DeMaria and Daniel G. Blanchard 19. Cardiac Catherization, Cardiac Angiography, and Coronary Blood Flow and Pressure Measurements, Morton J. Kern and Spencer B. King III 20. Coronary Intravascular Imaging, Marco A. Costa, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, and Patrick W. Serruys 21. Nuclear Cardiology, Daniel S. Berman, Sean W. Hayes, Rory Hachamovitch, Leslee J. Shaw, and Guido Germano 22. Computed Tomography of the Heart, Melissa A. Daubert, Michael Poon, and Matthew J. Budoff 23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart, Han W. Kim, Afshin Farzaneh-Far, Igor Klem, Wolfgang Rehwald, and Raymond J. Kim 24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography of the Vascular System, Fabien Hyafil, Jean-Christophe Cornily, James H.F. Rudd, Valentin Fuster, and Zahi A. Fayad 25. Positron Emission Tomography for the Noninvasive Study and Quantitation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Metabolism in Cardiovascular Disease, Heinrich R. Schelbert PART 4: HEART FAILURE 26. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure, Gary S. Francis, W.H. Wilson Tang, and Richard A. Walsh 27. The Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Heart Failure, Owais Dar and Martin R. Cowie 28. Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure, William T. Abraham and Ayesha Hasan 29. Cardiac Transplantation, Michael X. Pham, Gerald J. Berry, and Sharon A. Hunt 30. Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure and Mechanical Ventricular Support, David Joyce, Hari R. Mallidi, and Sharon A. Hunt PART 5: CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SPECIFIC HEART MUSCLE DISEASES 31. Classification of Cardiomyopathies, Barry J. Maron and Gaetano Thiene 32. Dilated Cardiomyopathies, Luisa Mestroni, Edward M. Gilbert, Brian D. Lowes, and Michael R. Bristow 33. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Steve R. Ommen, Rick A. Nishimura, and A. Jamil Tajik 34. Restrictive, Obliterative, and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies, Brian D. Hoit 35. Myocarditis and Specific Cardiomyopathies, Sean P. Pinney and Donna M. Mancini PART 6: RHYTHM AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS 36. Genetics of Channelopathies and Clinical Implications, Silva G. Priori and Carlo Napolitano 37. Anatomy of Electrophysiology, Siew Yen Ho nad Anton E. Becker 38. Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances, Peng-Sheng Chen and Charles Antzelevitch 39. Approach to the Patient With Cardiac Arrhythmias, Eric N. Prystowsky and Richard I. Fogel 40. Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, and Atrial Tachycardia, Eric N. Prystowsky, Benzy J. Padanilam, and Albert L. Waldo 41. Supraventricular Tachycardia: Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Hugh Calkins 42. Ventricular Arrhythmias, Robert W. Rho and Richard L. Page 43. Bradyarrhythmias and Pacemakers, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen 44. Electrophysiology and Cather-Ablative Techniques, Usha B. Tedrow, Samuel J. Asirvatham, and William G. Stevenson 45. Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Peter R. Kowey and Gan-Xin Yan 46. Indications and Techniques of Electrical Defibrillation and Cardioversion, Richard E. Kerber 47. Arrhythmias in Children and in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease, Timothy Knilans, Michael P. Carboni, Richard Czosek, and Ronald J. Kanter PART 7: SYNCOPE, SUDDEN DEATH, AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 48. Diagnosis and Management of Syncope, Mark D. Carlson and Blair P. Grubb 49. Sudden Cardiac Death, Matthew R. Reynolds, Amit J. Thosani, Duane S. Pinto, and Mark E. Josephson 50. Cardiopulmonary and Cardiocerebral Resuscitation, Jooby John and Gordon A. Ewy PART 8: CORONARY HEART DISEASE 51. Preventive Strategies for Coronary Heart Disease, Michael J. Blaha, Kerunne S. Ketlogetswe, Chiadi E. Mdumele, Ty J. Gluckman, and Roger S. Blumenthal 52. Atherothrombosis: Disease Burden, Activity, and Vulnerability, Erling Falk and Valentin Fuster 53. Coronary Thrombosis: Local and Systemic Factors, Juan Jose Badimon, Borja Ibanez, Valentin Fuster, and Lina Badimon 54. Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia, Christophe Depre, Stephen F. Vatner, and Garrett J. Gross 55. Nonatherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease, Bruce F. Waller 56. Definitions of Acute Coronary Syndromes, Michael C. Kim, Annapoorna S. Kini, and Valentin Fuster 57. Pathology of Myocardial Ischemia, Infarction, Reperfusion, and Sudden Death, Saami K. Yazdani, Elena Ladich, and Renu Virmani 58. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Scott Visovatti, Takanori Hayasaki, Cyril Ruwende, and David J. Pinsky 59. Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, James A. de Lemos, Robert A. O'Rourke, and Robert Harrington 60. ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Emily E. Hass, Eric H. Yang, Bernard J. Gersh, and Robert A. O'Rourke 61. Pharmacologic Therapy for Acute Coronary Syndromes, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Gregory r. Giugliano, and Daniel I. Simon 62. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, John S. Douglas, Jr, and Spencer B. King, III 63. Mechanical Interventions in Acute Myocardial Infarction, William W. O'Neill and Pedro Martinez-Clark 64. The Evaluation and Management of Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease, Bradley A. Maron and Patrick T. O'Gara 65. Coronary Bypass Surgery, Joseph F. Sabik, III, Sameer Bansilal, and Bruce W. Lytle 66. Management of the Patient After Cardiac Surgery, Douglas C. Morris, Stephen D. Clements, Jr., and John Pepper 67. Rehabilitation of the Patient With Coronary Heart Disease, Ian M. Graham, Noeleen Fallon, Shirley Ingram, Tora Leong, John Gormley, Veronica O'Doherty, Vincent Maher, and Suzanne E. Benson PART 9: SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 68. Epidemiology of Hypertension, Gbenga Ogedegbe and Thomas G. Pickering 69. Pathophysiology of Hypertension, John E. Hall, Joey P. Granger, Daniel W. Jones, and Michael E. Hall 70. Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension, G. Brandon Atkins, Mahboob Rahman, and Jackson T. Wright, Jr. PART 10: CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE 71. Pulmonary Hypertension, Robyn J. Barst and Lewis J. Rubin 72. Pulmonary Embolism, Peter F. Fedullo 73. Chronic Cor Pulmonale, Marc A. Miller, Joseph M. Sweeny, E. Clinton Lawrence, and Kenneth L. Brigham 74. Epidemiology and Mechanisms Linking Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cardiac Disease, Reena Mehra and Susan Redline PART 11: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 75. Acute Rheumatic Fever, Bongani M. Mayosi and Jonathan R. Carapetis 76. Aortic Valve Disease, Rosario V. Freeman and Catherine M. Otto 77. Mitral Valve Regurgitation, David H. Adams, Blase A. Carabello, and Javier G. Castillo 78. Mitral Stenosis, Blase A. Carabello 79. Tricuspid Valve, Pulmonary Valve, and Multivalvular Disease, Pravin M. Shah 80. Prosthetic Heart Valves, Joanna Chikwe, Farzan Filsoufi, and Alain Carpentier 81. Antithrombotic Therapy for Valvular Heart Disease, Usman Baber and Valentin Fuster PART 12: HEART FAILURE 82. Cardiovascular Diseases Caused by Genetic Abnormalities, Ali J. Marian, Ramon Brugada, and Robert Roberts 83. Congenital Heart Disease in Children and Adolescents, David W. Brown and David R. Fulton 84. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, Jamil A. Aboulhosn and John S. Child PART 13: PERICARDIAL DISEASES AND ENDOCARDITIS 85. Pericardial Disease, Brian D. Hoit 86. Infective Endocarditis, Saptarsi M. Haldar and Patrick T. O'Gara PART 14: ANESTHESIA, SURGERY, AND THE HEART 87. Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients With Known or Suspected Cardiovascular Disease Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery, Debabrata Mukherjee and Kim A. Eagle 88. Anesthesia and the Patient With Cardiovascular Disease, David L. Reich, Alexander Mittnacht, and Joel A. Kaplan PART 15: MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 89. Rhematologic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System, Mala S. Kaul, Victor F. Tapson, and E. William St. Clair 90. The Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients with Cancer, Edward T.H. Yeh, Courtney L. Bickford, and Michael S. Ewer 91. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Michael E. Farkouh, Elliott J. Rayfield, and Valentin Fuster 92. Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Diet, Scott M. Grundy and Sidney C. Smith, Jr. 93. HIV/AIDS and the Cardiovascular System, William Lewis and Peter F. Currie 94. Effect of Non Cardiac Drugs, Electricity, Poisons, and Radiation on the Heart, Andrew L. Smith and Wendy M. Book 95. Adverse Cardiovascular Drug Interactions and Complications, Ileana L. Pina and Gerard Oghlakian 96. Effects of Mood and Anxiety Disorders on the Cardiovascular System, Monica Kelly Cowles, Dominique L. Musselman, William M. McDonald, and Charles B. Nemeroff 97. Heart Disease and Pregnancy, John H. McAnulty, Craig S. Broberg, and James Metcalfe 98. Traumatic Heart Disease, Curtis Anderson and T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 99. The Heart and Kidney Disease, Tahsin Masud and William H. McClellan 100. Exercise in Health and Cardiovascular Disease, Gerald F. Fletcher, Thomas R. Flipse, and Robert E. Safford 101. The Athlete and the Cardiovascular System, N.A. Mark Estes III, Mark S. Link, and Barry J. Maron 102. Aging and Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly, Edward G. Lakatta, Samer S. Najjar, Steven P. Schulman, and Gary Gerstenblith 103. Women and Coronary Heart Disease, Pamela Charney 104. Race/Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Disease, S. Carolina Masri and Anne L. Taylor 105. Environment and Heart Disease, Philip J. Landrigan, Kimberly Morland, and Michele La Merrill PART 16: DISEASES OF THE GREAT VESSELS AND PERIPHERAL VESSELS 106. Diseases of the Aorta, John A. Elefteriades, Jeffrey W. Olin, and Jonathan L. Halperin 107. Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurologic Manifestations of Heart Disease, Megan C. Leary and Louis R. Caplan 108. The Nonsurgical Approach to Carotid Disease, Amar Krishmaswamy, Jay Yadav, and Samir R. Kapadia 109. Diagnosis and Management of Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries and Veins, Paul W. Wennberg and Thom W. Rooke 110. Surgical Treatment of Carotid and Peripheral Vascular Disease, Jayer Chang and Thomas F. Dodson 111. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease, M. Fuad Jan, Suhail Allaqaband, and Tanvir Bajwa PART 17: SOCIAL ISSUES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 112. Economics and Cost Effectiveness in Cardiology, Daniel B. Mark 113. Insurance Issues in Patients with Heart Disease, Michael B. Clark and William T. Friedewald 114. Behavioral Cardiology Treatment Approaches to Heart Disease, Nina Rieckmann, Lynn Clemow, William Whang, and Karina W. Davidson 115. Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapy in Cardiovascular Care, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Rebecca Costello, Daniel Mark, and John H. K. Vogel 116. Societal and Social Issues of Heart Disease, Roberto De Vogli and Michael Marmot Index

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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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