Cardiovascular Medicine 3e

Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd Edition offers the most up-to-date, user-
friendly guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis and medical and
surgical treatment of heart and vascular disease and will be relevant
to the practice of every cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, vascular
surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac radiologist and any physician who
manages cardiac patients. The book and DVD package is designed to
provide comprehensive coverage of every aspect of cardiovascular
medicine from cardiac signs and symptoms and the full range of
cardiac imaging techniques through management of peripheral vascular
disease and the genetic basis for cardiovascular disease to
preventive cardiology.

Drs James Willerson, Jay Cohn, Hein Wellens, David Holmes ?and over
150 world authorities ?offer their decades of scientific and
clinical experience. One of the main features of the book is the
consistent chapter organization relevant to modern cardiovascular
practice, clear design and engaging text that includes specific
features such as tables, lists and treatment boxes that are designed
to allow easy access to key information. The reader will have all the
guidance to diagnose and manage the full range of cardiovascular
conditions in one textbook resource, while also benefiting from
access to additional video material from the integral DVD-ROM.

More than 1800 illustrations ?including a wealth of color Doppler,
nuclear and CT imaging, surgical and pathological images ?clarify
complex principles and help in the understanding of the subtleties of
technique and their application, so that they can be quickly and
easily implemented into the reader뭩 practice.

Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd Edition is the premier resource of its
kind, advancing readers?knowledge and stimulating further study in
cardiovascular medicine. New to the third edition are:

- Expanded coverage of the coronary heart disease syndromes;
congestive heart failure; arrhythmias; pacing; sudden death; lipid
management (including clinical results), and a completely revised and
updated section on noninvasive imaging.

- An updated review of the mechanisms, recognition, and treatment of
aortic coronary syndromes ?plus updates on the results of the most
recent clinical trials with antithrombotic interventions.

- New chapters to elucidate the uses of invasive and non-invasive
cardiac imaging with greater emphasis on the role of cardiac imaging
within cardiovascular medicine.

- The latest knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for congestive
heart failure and its treatment including beta-blockers, ACE
inhibitors and angiotensin receptor antagonists, mechanical assist
devices and transplantation.

- The most current information on current clinical drug trials for
the treatment of stable and unstable angina, as well as the latest in
arrhythmia development and modern therapy.

- The DVD-ROM contains video imagery for selected chapters, the full
text of the book plus an interactive heart sounds presentation. This
contains over 100 individual heart sounds with correlated videos and
imaging and a full narrative.

Written for:
Fellows and residents in cardiology, cardiac surgery, vascular
surgeons, hematologists, diabetologists, internists, cardiac
radiologists

Keywords:
Cardiac
Cardiac arrythmias
Cardiac imaging
Cardiac surgery
Cardiology
Cardiovascular medicine
Cardiovascular surgery
Heart disease
Heart failure
Internal medicine
Interventional cardiology
Myocardial infarction
Pericardial disease