TY - BOOK AU - Libby,Peter AU - Bonow,Robert O. AU - Mann,Douglas L. AU - Zipes,Douglas P. AU - Braunwald,Eugene TI - Braunwald's heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine SN - 9781416041061 AV - RC681 .H36 2008 PY - 2008///] CY - Philadelphia PB - Saunders/Elsevier KW - Heart KW - Diseases KW - Cardiology KW - Heart Diseases KW - Cardiovascular Diseases N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Ch. 1 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease; / J. Michael Gaziano; Ch. 2 Heart Disease in Varied Populations; / Clyde W. Yancy; Ch. 3 Economics and Cardiovascular Disease; / Mark A. Hlatky, Daniel B. Mark; Ch. 4 Clinical Decision-Making in Cardiology; / Harlan M. Krumholz; Ch. 5 Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Cardiovascular Care; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 6 The Principles of Drug Therapy; / Dan M. Roden; Ch. 7 Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics; / Elizabeth G. Nabel; Ch. 8 General Principles of Genetic Factors in Cardiovascular Disease; / Reed E. Pyeritz, Christine E. Seidman; Ch. 9 Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmias; / Silvia G. Priori, Carlo Napolitano, Peter J. Schwartz; Ch. 10 Genetic Factors in Myocardial Disease; / Jonathan G. Seidman, Reed E. Pyeritz, Christine E. Seidman; Ch. 11 The History and Physical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach; / James C. Fang, Patrick T. O'Gara; Ch. 12 Electrocardiography; / David M. Mirvis, Ary L. Goldberger; Guidelines: Electrocardiography; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 13 Exercise Stress Testing; / Bernard R. Chaitman; Guidelines: Exercise Stress Testing; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 14 Echocardiography; / Heidi M. Connolly, Jae K. Oh; Guidelines: Use of Echocardiography; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 15 The Chest Radiograph in Cardiovascular Disease; / Michael A. Bettmann; Ch. 16 Nuclear Cardiology; / James E. Udelson, Vasken Dilsizian, Robert O. Bonow; Guidelines: Nuclear Cardiology; / Thomas H. Lee, James E. Udelson; Ch. 17 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; / Dudley Pennell; Guidelines: Appropriateness Guidelines: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 18 Computed Tomography of the Heart; / Stephan Achenbach, Werner G. Daniel; Guidelines: Appropriateness Guidelines: Cardiac Computed Tomography; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 19 Cardiac Catheterization; / Charles J. Davidson, Robert O. Bonow; Ch. 20 Coronary Arteriography and Intravascular Imaging; / Jeffrey J. Popma; Guidelines: Coronary Arteriography; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 21 Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation; / Lionel H. Opie; Ch. 22 Pathophysiology of Heart Failure; / Douglas L. Mann; Ch. 23 Clinical Assessment of Heart Failure; / Otto M. Hess, John D. Carroll; Ch. 24 Diagnosis and Management of Acute Heart Failure; / John R. Teerlink; Ch. 25 Management of Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction; / Douglas L. Mann; Ch. 26 Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction; / Margaret M. Redfield; Guidelines: Management of Heart Failure; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 27 Surgical Management of Heart Failure; / Patrick M. McCarthy; Ch. 28 Assisted Circulation in the Treatment of Heart Failure; / Yoshifumi Naka, Eric A. Rose; Ch. 29 Emerging Therapies and Strategies in the Treatment of Heart Failure; / Stefanie Dimmeler, Douglas L. Manu, Andreas M. Zeiher; Ch. 30 Care of Patients with End-Stage Heart Disease; / Linda L. Emanuel, Robert O. Bonow; Ch. 31 Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations; / Michael Rubart, Douglas P. Zipes; Ch. 32 Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias; / John M. Miller, Douglas P. Zipes; Ch. 33 Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias; / John M. Miller, Douglas P. Zipes; Guidelines: Ambulatory Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiological Testing; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 34 Cardiac Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators; / David L. Hayes, Douglas P. Zipes; Guidelines: Cardiac Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 35 Specific Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment; / Jeffrey E. Olgin, Douglas P. Zipes; Guidelines: Atrial Fibrillation; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 36 Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death; / Robert J. Myerburg, Agustin Castellanos; Ch. 37 Hypotension and Syncope; / Hugh Calkins, Douglas P. Zipes; Ch. 38 The Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis; / Peter Libby; Ch. 39 Risk Factors for Atherothrombotic Disease; / Paul M. Ridker, Peter Libby; Ch. 40 Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis; / Ronald G. Victor, Norman M. Kaplan; Ch. 41 Systemic Hypertension: Therapy; / Norman M. Kaplan; Guidelines: Treatment of Hypertension; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 42 Lipoprotein Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease; / Jacques Genest, Peter Libby; Ch. 43 Diabetes Mellitus, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease; / Joshua A. Beckman, Peter Libby, Mark A. Creager; Ch. 44 Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease; / Ronald M. Krauss; Ch. 45 Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease; / J. Michael Gaziano, JoAnn E. Manson, Paul M. Ridker; Ch. 46 Exercise-Based, Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation; / Paul D. Thompson; Ch. 47 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Management of Patients with Heart Disease; / John H. K. Vogel, Rebecca B. Costello, Mitchell W. Krucoff; Ch. 48 Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia; / John M. Canty, Jr; Ch. 49 Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain; / Christopher P. Cannon, Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 50 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Pathology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Features; / Elliott M. Antman, Eugene Braunwald; Ch. 51 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Management; / Elliott M. Antman; Ch. 52 Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction; / Gary E. Lane, David R. Holmes, Jr; Guidelines: Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 53 Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; / Christopher P. Cannon, Eugene Braunwald; Guidelines: Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 54 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease; / David A. Morrow, Bernard J. Gersh; Guidelines: Chronic Stable Angina; / Thomas H. Lee, David A. Morrow; Ch. 55 Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention; / Jeffrey J. Popma, Donald S. Baim, Frederic S. Resnic; Guidelines; Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 56 Diseases of the Aorta; / Eric M. Isselbacher; Ch. 57 Peripheral Arterial Diseases; / Mark A. Creager, Peter Libby; Ch. 58 Prevention and Management of Stroke; / Larry B. Goldstein; Ch. 59 Endovascular Treatment of Noncoronary Obstructive Vascular Disease; / Andrew C. Eisenhauer, Christopher J. White; Ch. 60 Diabetes and Heart Disease; / Richard W. Nesto; Ch. 61 Congenital Heart Disease; / Gary D. Webb, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Judith Therrien, Andrew N. Redington; Ch. 62 Valvular Heart Disease; / Catherine M. Otto, Robert O. Bonow; Guidelines: Management of Valvular Heart Disease; / Thomas H. Lee, Robert O. Bonow; Ch. 63 Infective Endocarditis; / Adolf W. Karchmer; Guidelines: Infective Endocarditis; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 64 The Dilated, Restrictive, and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies; / Joshua M. Hare; Ch. 65 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; / Barry J. Maron; Ch. 66 Myocarditis; / Peter P. Lin, Heinz-Peter Schulthoiss; Ch. 67 Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals; / Stacy D. Fisher, Steven E. Lipshultz; Ch. 68 Toxins and the Heart; / Richard A. Lange, L. David Hillis; Ch. 69 Primary Tumors of the Heart; / Bruce McManus, Cheng-Han Lee; Ch. 70 Pericardial Diseases; / Martin M. LeWinter; Ch. 71 Traumatic Heart Disease; / Matthew J. Wall, Jr., Danny Chu, Kenneth L. Mattox; Ch. 72 Pulmonary Embolism; / Samuel Z. Goldhaber; Ch. 73 Pulmonary Hypertension; / Stuart Rich, Vallerie V. McLaughlin; Ch. 74 Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease; / Apoor S. Gami, Virend K. Somers; Ch. 75 Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; / Janice B. Schwartz, Douglas P. Zipes; Ch. 76 Cardiovascular Disease in Women; / L. Kristin Newby, Pamela S. Douglas; Ch. 77 Pregnancy and Heart Disease; / Carole A. Watnes; Guidelines: Pregnancy and Heart Disease; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 78 Exercise and Sports Cardiology; / Gary J. Balady, Philip A. Ades; Ch. 79 Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery; / Richard J. Gray, Dhun H. Sethna; Ch.; 80 Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease; / Lee A. Fleisher, Kim A. Eagle; Guidelines: Reducing Cardiac Risk with Noncardiac Surgery; / Thomas H. Lee; Ch. 81 Endocrine Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease; / Irwin Klein; Ch. 82 Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis, and Cardiovascular Disease; / Barbara A. Konkle, Daniel Simon, Andrew I. Schafer; Ch. 83 Rheumatic Fever; / B. Soma Raju, Zohan G. Turi; Ch. 84 Rheumatic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System; / Brian F. Mandell, Gary S. Hoffman; Ch. 85 The Cancer Patient and Cardiovascular Disease; / Thomas Forco; Ch. 86 Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease; / Lawson R. Wulsin, Arthur J. Barsky; Ch. 87 Neurological Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease; / Willam J. Groh, Douglas P. Zipes; Ch. 88 Interface Between Renal Disease and Cardiovascular Illness; / Peter A. McCullough; Ch. 89 Cardiovascular Manifestations of Autonomic Disorders; / Suraj Kapa, Virend K. Somers N2 - "Dr. Braunwald's masterwork returns ... bringing you the definitive guidance you need to overcome any challenge in clinical cardiology today, using the best approaches available! Hundreds of world authorities, many of them new to this edition, synthesize all of the recent developments that are revolutionizing practice - from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics to the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. The expertise of the book's contributors, the scope of its coverage, and its richly illustrated, user-friendly format all make this the ultimate reference for the practicing cardiologist." ER -