Cardiovascular Medicine

The 2nd Edition of this user-friendly resource offers guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of heart and vascular disease. It presents comprehensive coverage of everything from cardiac signs and symptoms through peripheral vascular disease and the genetic basis for cardiovascular disease to preventive cardiology. Abundant illustrations*including a wealth of color Doppler images*clarify complex principles and make nuances of technique easier to understand and apply.

New edition of a textbook on cardiovascular medicine in which international experts focus on bedside methods of evaluation, contemporary diagnostic testing methods, latest advances in knowledge, and medical and surgical treatment of heart and vascular disease. Features include a review of the aortic coronary syndromes, their mechanisms, recognition and treatment; congestive heart failure and its treatment; and all clinically important trials of cardiovascular medicine as well as the latest in arrhythmia development and modern therapy. Discussions of specific disease processes are relatively self-contained in that the biology, its clinical recognition, and methods of treatment are described in one or several related chapters. Edited by Willerson (U. of Texas-Houston Medical School, Memorial- Hermann Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital) and Cohn (U. of Minnesota Medical School). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

General

ISBN		9780443070006
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Churchill Livingstone
Pages		2344
List Price		$183.00
Author		Cohn, Jay N. Willerson, James T.
Publication Date		07/01/2000
Release Status		Out of Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 11 Inches (US) Width: 8.75 Inches (US) Thickness: 3.25 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 11.55 Pounds (US)
Editor		Cohn, Jay N. Willerson, James T.
Edition Number		2