Pathophysiology of Heart Disease A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty

by Lilly, Leonard S.

• ISBN13: 9780781763219
• ISBN10: 0781763215
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Completely rewritten and updated for its Fourth Edition, this best-selling text is a comprehensive, clear, concise, and easy-to-understand introduction to cardiovascular diseases. It is written by internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and select medical students, and is the best text to bridge basic physiology with clinical care of patients. This edition provides updated coverage of pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes, mechanisms of heart failure, molecular mechanisms of dysrhythmias, the genomic basis of cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease, and pharmacology. Numerous new illustrations are included. A companion Website on thePoint will include animations and audio heart sounds.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Basic Cardiac Structure and Function	p. 1
The Cardiac Cycle: Mechanisms of Heart Sounds and Murmurs 29	p. 29
Diagnostic Imaging and Cardiac Catheterization	p. 46
The Electrocardiogram	p. 80
Atherosclerosis	p. 118
Ischemic Heart Disease	p. 141
Acute Coronary Syndromes	p. 168
Valvular Heart Disease	p. 197
Heart Failure	p. 225
The Cardiomyopathies	p. 252
Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias	p. 269
Clinical Aspects of Cardiac Arrhythmias	p. 287
Hypertension	p. 311
Diseases of the Pericardium	p. 334
Diseases of the Peripheral Vasculature	p. 349
Congenital Heart Disease	p. 371
Cardiovascular Drugs	p. 397
Index	p. 450
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