Braunwald's Heart Disease Online

PIN Code and User Guide to Continually Updated Online Reference

Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow, Eugene Braunwald (Autoren)

Online Resource

2004 | 7th Revised edition
Saunders (Hersteller)
978-1-4160-0015-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Encompasses various developments in the field of cardiology. This title includes key features such as: clinical practice points in all chapters, a section on preventive cardiology, chapters on obesity, diabetes, toxins in the heart and cardiac regeneration and a chapter on end of life.

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Both a state-of-the-art website and an acclaimed reference, Braunwald's Heart Disease 7th (e)dition encompasses all of the latest developments in the field. And it uses today's most advanced technology to keep readers absolutely current. With 35 new chapters as well as comprehensive updates throughout, the New Edition of this cardiology masterwork represents the most complete revision to date.

The 7th Edition now features four-colour text and illustrations, new illustrations and imaging coverage, as well as extensive cross referencing to related issues. Other new features include clinical practice points in all chapters, a new section on preventive cardiology, new chapters on obesity, diabetes, toxins in the heart and cardiac regeneration and a new chapter on end of life. Joining Braunwald, Zipes and Libby on this edition is Robert Bonow from Northwestern University, as well as over 20 new contributors.

The WebsiteAt www.braunwalds.com, users can search the entire contents of the book and access...
Weekly updates
A PowerPoint image library.
Guidelines and news, plus sub-specialty updates.
Patient information sheets.
Sample chapters from selected Braunwald companion books
Four colour design - superb illustrations and text in easy-to-use format
New chapter on obesity and diabetes, focusing on key risk factors in cardiovascular disease
New chapter on End of Life, a hot topic in medical management of patients, and especially important for internists
New guidelines on clinical specialties, providing practical management benchmarks for key subject areas
Section on Preventive Cardiology, incorporating important patient management issues to prevent heart disease
New chapters on genetic basis of cardiovascular disease, addressing the future practice management issue of genetic testing for cardiovascular problems


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Your purchase of Braunwald's Heart Disease Online, 7th Edition entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

Autor

Peter Libby, MD, will assume the role of lead editor on the 12th edition. Dr Libby previously edited the 8th edition. He is Senior Advisor at the Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also Senior Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He is a world-renowned leader in cardiology

Inhalt

Part 1: General Considerations of Cardiovascular Disease
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
Economics and Cardiovascular Disease
NEW! Clinical Decision Making in Cardiology
NEW! Measurement and Improvement of Quality in Heart Disease
NEW! General Principles of Drug Treatment
NEW! End of Life

Part II: Examination of the Patient
The History
Physical Examination of the Heart and Circulation
Electrocardiography
Ø Guidelines
Exercise Stress Testing
Ø Guidelines
Echocardiography
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Radiology of the Heart and Great Vessels
NEW! Nuclear Cardiology
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Newer Cardiac Imaging Modalities: MRI
NEW! Newer Cardiac Imaging Modalities: CT
Relative Merits of Cardiac Diagnostic Techniques
Cardiac Catheterization
Coronary Angiography and Intravascular Ultrasonography

Part III: Heart Failure
Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation
NEW! Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Function
Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Clinical Aspects of Heart Failure: High-Output Failure; Pulmonary Edema
Treatment of Heart Failure: Pharmacological Methods
Management of Heart Failure
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted Circulation
NEW! Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation

Part IV: Arrhythmias, Sudden Death and Syncope
Genesis of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrophysiological Considerations
Genetics of Cardiac Arrhythmia
NEW! Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmia
Management of Patient with Arrhythmias
Ø Guidelines
Cardiac Pacemakers and Devices
Ø Guidelines
Specific Arrhythmias
Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Death
Arrhythmias and Syncope

Part V: Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Biology of Atherogenesis
Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic Disease
Systemic Hypertension: Mechanisms and Diagnosis
Systemic Hypertension: Treatment of Hypertension
Ø Guidelines
Diagnosis and Treatment of Lipid Disorders
NEW! Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
NEW! Obesity, Diet and Nutrition
Primary and Secondary Prevention of CHD
NEW! Rehabilitation

Part VI: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
NEW! Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Ischemia
NEW! Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Pathology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Features
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Management
NEW! Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ø Guidelines
Unstable Angina
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Diabetes and Heart Disease
Percutaneous Coronary and Valvular Intervention
Ø Guidelines
Diseases of the Aorta
Peripheral Arterial Diseases
NEW! Extracardiac Vascular Interventions

Part VII: Disease of the Heart, Pericardium, and Pulmonary Vascular Bed
NEW! Congenital Heart Disease in Children and Adults
Valvular Heart Disease
Ø Guidelines
Infective Endocarditis
Ø Guidelines
Cardiomyopathies
NEW! Myocarditis
Cardiovascular Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals
NEW! Toxins and the Heart
Primary Tumors of the Heart
NEW! Pericardial Diseases
Traumatic Heart Disease
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale
NEW! Sleep Disorders and Heart Disease

Part VIII: Molecular Biology and Genetics
NEW! Principles of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Genetics
Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease
NEW! Cardiac Regeneration

Part IX: Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations
NEW! Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly
NEW! Heart Disease in Women
Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease
Ø Guidelines
Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes
Medical Management of the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
NEW! General Anesthesia and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Heart Disease
Ø Guidelines
NEW! Heart Disease in Varied Populations

Part X: Cardiovascular Disease and Disorders of Other Organ Systems
NEW! The Heart in Endocrine Disorders
Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Fibrinolysis, and Cardiovascular Disease
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Diseases and the Cardiovascular System
NEW! Oncological Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
Neurological Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
Renal Disorders and Cardiovascular Diseases
NEW! Autonomic Dysfunction

Index

Contents may vary on publication

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2004
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations, unspecified
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4160-0015-1 / 1416000151
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-0015-0 / 9781416000150
• Zustand: Neuware