Braunwald's heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine /: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Heart disease
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert O. Bonow [and others].
• Other Names: Braunwald, Eugene, 1929-; Bonow, Robert O
• Contents: Fundamentals of cardiovascular disease -- Global burden of cardiovascular disease -- Heart disease in varied populations -- Ethics in cardiovascular medicine -- Clinical decision making in cardiology -- Measurement and improvement of quality of cardiovascular care -- Design and conduct of clinical trials -- Molecular biology and genetics -- Principles of cardiovascular molecular biology and genetics -- Inherited causes of cardiovascular disease -- Genetics of cardiac arrhythmias -- Principles of drug therapy -- Cardiovascular regeneration and tissue engineering -- Evaluation of the patient -- The history and physical examination: an evidence-based approach -- Electrocardiography -- Exercise stress testing -- Echocardiography -- The chest radiograph in cardiovascular disease -- Nuclear cardiology -- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging -- Cardiac computed tomography -- Cardiac catheterization -- Coronary arteriography -- Intravascular ultrasound imaging -- Molecular imaging in cardiovascular disease -- Heart failure -- Mechanisms of cardiac contraction and relaxation -- Pathophysiology of heart failure -- Clinical assessment of heart failure -- Diagnosis and management of acute heart failure syndromes -- Management of heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction -- Devices for monitoring and managing heart failure -- Heart failure with normal ejection fraction -- Surgical management of heart failure -- Assisted circulation in the treatment of heart failure -- Emerging therapies and strategies in the treatment of heart failure -- Care of patients with end-stage heart disease -- Arrhythmias, sudden death, and syncope -- Genesis of cardiac arrhythmias: electrophysiologic considerations -- Diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias -- Therapy for cardiac arrhythmias -- Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators -- Specific arrhythmias: diagnosis and treatment -- Atrial fibrillation: clinical features, mechanisms, and management -- Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death -- Hypotension and syncope -- Preventive cardiology -- The vascular biology of atherosclerosis -- Risk markers for atherothrombotic disease -- Systemic hypertension: mechanisms and diagnosis -- Systemic hypertension: therapy -- Lipoprotein disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Nutrition and cardiovascular disease -- Primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease -- Exercise-based, comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation -- Complementary and alternative approaches to management of patients with heart disease. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diasease -- Coronary blood flow and myocardial ischemia -- Approach to the patient with chest pain -- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: pathology, pathophysiology, and clinical features -- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: management -- Unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction -- Stable ischemic heart disease -- Percutaneous coronary intervention -- Percutaneous therapies for structural heart disease in adults -- Diseases of the aorta -- Peripheral artery diseases -- Prevention and management of stroke -- Endovascular treatment of noncoronary obstructive vascular disease -- Diabetes and the cardiovascular system -- Diseases of the heart, pericardium, and pulmonary vasculature bed -- Congenital heart disease -- Valvular heart disease -- Infective endocarditis -- The dilated, restrictive, and infiltrative cardiomyopathies -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Myocarditis -- Chagas' disease -- Cardiovascular abnormalities in HIV-infected individuals -- Toxins and the heart -- Primary tumors of the heart -- Pericardial diseases -- Traumatic heart disease -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular disease in special populations -- Cardiovascular disease in the elderly -- Cardiovascular disease in women -- Pregnancy and heart disease -- Exercise and sports cardiology -- Medical management of the patient undergoing cardiac surgery -- Anesthesia and noncardiac surgery in patients with heart disease -- Cardiovascular disease and disorders of other organs -- Endocrine disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Hemostasis, thrombosis, fibrinolysis, and cardiovascular disease -- Rheumatic fever -- Rheumatic diseases and the cardiovascular system -- The cancer patient and cardiovascular disease -- Psychiatric and behavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease -- Neurologic disorders and cardiovascular disease -- Interface between renal disease and cardiovascular illness -- Cardiovascular manifestations of autonomic disorders.
• Edition: 9th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.12; Heart -- Diseases -- Textbooks; Cardiology -- Textbooks; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Coeur -- Maladies; Cardiologie; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Heart; MEDICAL -- Cardiology; Cardiology; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Heart -- Diseases; Electronic books; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781437727708; 1437727700
• Related ISBNs: 9781437703986; 1437703984; 9781437727081; 1437727085; 9780808924364; 0808924362; 9996086542; 9789996086540; 9996086488; 9789996086489
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.