Pathophysiology of heart disease : a collaborative project of medical students and faculty / editor Leonard S. Lilly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lilly, Leonard S.

Harvard Medical School.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Pathophysiology.

Heart.

Heart Diseases--physiopathology.

Medical Subjects:

Heart Diseases--physiopathology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 461 p.) : ill.

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, MD : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revised and updated for its Fifth Edition, this best-selling text delivers a concise, easy-to-understand introduction to cardiovascular diseases. It is written by internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and select medical students and specifically designed to meet the needs of medical students during their initial encounters with patients with heart disease. This edition has improved consistency of coverage and level of detail and enhanced illustrations.A companion website on thePoint will include the fully searchable text and audio heart sounds, plus an image bank for faculty.

Contents:

Basic cardiac structure and function / Ken Young Lin ... [et al.]

The cardiac cycle : mechanisms of heart sounds and murmurs / Henry Jung and Leonard S. Lilly

Cardiac imaging and catheterization / Henry Jung, Ken Young Lin, and Patricia Challender Come

The electrocardiogram / Stephen R. Pomedli and Leonard S. Lilly

Atherosclerosis / Jordan B. Strom and Peter Libby

Ischemic heart disease / June-Wha Rhee, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly

Acute coronary syndromes / June-Wha Rhee, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly

Valvular heart disease / Christopher A. Miller, Patrick T. O'Gara, and Leonard S. Lilly

Heart failure / Neal Anjan Chatterjee and Michael A. Fifer

The cardiomyopathies / Christopher T. Lee, G. William Dec, and Leonard S. Lilly

Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias / Ranliang Hu ... [et al.]

Clinical aspects of cardiac arrhythmias / Ranliang Hu, William G. Stevenson, and Leonard S. Lilly

Hypertension / Christopher T. Lee, Gordon H. Williams, and Leonard S. Lilly

Diseases of the pericardium / Yin Ren and Leonard S. Lilly

Diseases of the peripheral vasculature / Fan Liang and Mark A. Creager

Congenital heart disease / David D. Berg and David W. Brown

Cardiovascular drugs / Cyrus K. Yamin ... [et al.].

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781609137601

1609137604