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.
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Cardiologist Lilly (medicine, Harvard Medical School) brings together Harvard Medical School cardiology faculty and medical students to introduce beginning medical students and physicians-in-training to cardiovascular diseases and bridge courses in basic physiology to patient care. They cover anatomy and physiology, the major groups of diseases, and the major classes of cardiovascular drugs and the rationale for their uses. This edition has been revised and updated to include updated coverage of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes, mechanisms of heart failure, molecular mechanisms of dysrhythmias, the genomic basis of cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular drugs. It also has more consistent organization within chapters. Online access to a searchable e-book and audio heart signs is included. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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