Braunwald's heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine /

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Edition:9th ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders, c2012.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10095079
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Varying Form of Title:Heart disease
Other authors / contributors:Braunwald, Eugene, 1929-
Bonow, Robert O.
ISBN:9781437727708 (electronic bk.)
1437727700 (electronic bk.)
9781437703986
1437703984
9781437727081
1437727085
9780808924364
0808924362
9996086542
9789996086540
9996086488
9789996086489
Notes:"Expert Consult."
Title from resource title page (viewed Mar. 1, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Print version: Braunwald's heart disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia : Saunders, c2012 9781437703986 9781437727081 9780808924364
Table of 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.