Pathophysiology of heart disease : a collaborative project of medical students and faculty /

Pathophysiology of heart disease : a collaborative project of medical students and faculty /

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Edition:Fifth edition.
Imprint:Baltimore, MD : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011]
©2011
Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Heart -- Pathophysiology.
Heart Diseases -- physiopathology
Heart -- Pathophysiology
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14130809
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Other authors / contributors:Lilly, Leonard S., editor.
Harvard Medical School.
ISBN:9781605477237
1605477230
9781451107180
1451107188
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (LWW Health Library, viewed July 9, 2014).
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.
Other form:Print version: Pathophysiology of heart disease. Baltimore, MD : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2011 9781605477237
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Basic Cardiac Structure and Function
  • Chapter 2. The Cardiac Cycle: Mechanisms of Heart Sounds and Murmurs
  • Chapter 3. Cardiac Imaging and Catheterization
  • Chapter 4. The Electrocardiogram
  • Chapter 5. Atherosclerosis
  • Chapter 6. Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Chapter 7. Acute Coronary Syndromes
  • Chapter 8. Valvular Heart Disease
  • Chapter 9. Heart Failure
  • Chapter 10. The Cardiomyopathies
  • Chapter 11. Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Chapter 12. Clinical Aspects of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Chapter 13. Hypertension
  • Chapter 14. Diseases of the Pericardium
  • Chapter 15. Diseases of the Peripheral Vasculature
  • Chapter 16. Congenital Heart Disease
  • Chapter 17. Cardiovascular Drugs
  • Index

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