Book Description: Contains 30 new chapters and extensive updates, and many color and b&w illustrations. New edition of a cardiology text that synthesizes all of the remarkable developments that are revolutionizing practice, from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics through the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. Braunwald (Brigham and Womens Hospital), Douglas P. Zipes (medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology) and Peter Libby (vascular medicine and atherosclerosis, Brigham and Womens hospital) and about 80 additional experts discuss general considerations; examination of the patient; normal and abnormal cardiac function; hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; diseases of the heart, pericardium, and pulmonary vascular bed; molecular biology and genetics; special populations; and cardiovascular disease and disorders of other organ systems.
Book Info: Published in 2004 Author Eugene Braunwald ISBN 072160479X
