Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2-Volume Set: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2-Volume Set (Heart Disease (Braunwald) (2 Vols)) - Hardcover

Mann MD, Douglas L.; Zipes MD, Douglas P.; Libby MD PhD, Peter; Bonow MD MS, Robert O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455751332 ISBN 13: 9781455751334

Publisher: Saunders, 2014

Synopsis

2015 BMA Medical Book Awards 1st Prize Award Winner in Cardiology Category!Ideal for cardiologists who need to keep abreast of rapidly changing scientific foundations, clinical research results, and evidence-based medicine, Braunwald’s Heart Disease is your indispensable source for definitive, state-of-the-art answers on every aspect of contemporary cardiology. It helps you apply the most recent knowledge in personalized medicine, imaging techniques, pharmacology, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and much more!

In keeping with the rapid pace of advances in the field of cardiovascular medicine, the Expert Consult eBook is updated frequently with the results of late-breaking clinical trials, reviews of important new research publications, and updates on clinical practice authored by leaders in the field. These online supplements are selected and edited masterfully by Dr. Eugene Braunwald.

• Practice with confidence and overcome your toughest challenges with advice from the top minds in cardiology today, who synthesize the entire state of current knowledge and summarize all of the most recent ACC/AHA practice guidelines.
• Locate the answers you need fast thanks to a user-friendly, full-color design with more than 1,200 color illustrations.

• Take advantage of a robust update program that includes Hot off the Press commentary, Late-Breaking Clinical Trials, and Focused Reviews.
• Learn from leading international experts, including 53 new authors.
• Explore brand-new chapters, such as Principles of Cardiovascular Genetics and Biomarkers, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Personalized Medicine.
• Access new and updated guidelines covering Diseases of the Aorta, Peripheral Artery Diseases, Diabetes and the Cardiovascular System, Heart Failure, and Valvular Heart Disease.
• Stay abreast of the latest diagnostic and imaging techniques and modalities, such as three-dimensional echocardiography, speckle tracking, tissue Doppler, computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
• Research coverage of important topics in cardiology, including atrial fibrillation, aortic stenosis, and pulmonary hypertension.
• Access online videos covering the scope of heart disease, including percutaneous coronary intervention, valvular heart disease, and cardiac magnetic resonance.
• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Peter Libby is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Receiving his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, he undertook a cellular physiology research fellowship at HMS. After a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease, he became board certified in both. He is an editor of the leading cardiovascular medicine textbook, and the author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications, 575 reviews, chapters, etc. He has received funding from the American Heart Association (AHA) and National Institutes of Health, plus recognitions on four continents, including the AHA and American College of Cardiology’s highest research awards, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, the Anitschkow award from the European Atherosclerosis Society, the Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine, and the Earl Benditt award for vascular biology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1455751332
• ISBN 13: 9781455751334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2128