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. About the Author
By Douglas L. Mann, MD, Lewin Chair and Chief, Cardiovascular Division, Cardiologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri ; Douglas P. Zipes, MD, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Emeritus Director, Division of Cardiology and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Editor-in-Chief, HeartRhythm, Editor-in-Chief, PracticeUpdate/Cardiology; Peter Libby, MD, PhD, Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Reynolds Investigator and Co-Director, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA and Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Director, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg Shool of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Disease
1. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
2. Heart Disease in Varied Populations
3. Ethics in Cardiovascular Medicine
4. Clinical Decision Making and Cost Effectiveness
5. Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Cardiovascular Care
6. Critical Evaluation of Clinical Trials
Part 2 Genetics and Personalized Medicine
7. Overview of Personalized Cardiovascular Medicine
8. Principles of Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics
9. Drug Therapeutics and Personalized Medicine
10. Biomarkers, Proteomics and Metabolomics in Personalized medicine
Part 3 Evaluation of the Patient
11. The History and Physical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach
12. Electrocardiography
Guidelines: Electrocardiography
13. Exercise Stress Testing
Guidelines: Exercise Stress Testing
14. Echocardiography
Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Echocardiography
15. The Chest Radiograph in Cardiovascular Disease
16. Nuclear Cardiology
Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Nuclear Cardiology
17. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
18. Cardiac Computed Tomography
Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Cardiac Computed Tomography
19. Cardiac Catheterization
20. Coronary Angiography and Intracoronary Imaging
Guidelines: Coronary Arteriography
Part 4 Heart Failure
21. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation
22. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
23. Clinical Assessment and Heart Failure
24. Diagnosis and Management of Acute Heart Failure
25. Management of Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction
