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Designed to effectively prepare readers for their first encounters with patients with cardiovascular disease, Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: An Introduction to Cardiovascular Medicine is an award-winning text consistently preferred by medical students and faculty worldwide. In this fully revised 8th Edition, Dr. Leonard S. Lilly and a team of internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and select cardiology fellows and internal medicine residents have ensured that you will be equipped with a clear, complete, and clinically relevant understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology, providing a strong foundation for patient diagnosis and management.
- Up-to-date content reflects the latest understanding of mechanisms of cardiac disease and technological advances.
- Review questions and answers in each chapter prepare you for course and board exams.
- Animations to help support your understanding of complex, dynamic disease processes.
- Student-friendly features include full-color illustrations and clinical photographs; new ultrasound images; introductory chapter outlines and end-of-chapter summaries; expanded details in question explanations; and robust online study tools.
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List of Contributors vi
Foreword ix
Preface x
CHAPTER 1
Normal Cardiac Structure and Function 1
Jett Crowdis, Emily Y. Yang, Elazer R. Edelman,
and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 2
The Cardiac Cycle: Mechanisms of Heart
Sounds and Murmurs 29
Vivek T. Kulkarni and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 3
Cardiac Imaging and Hemodynamic
Assessment 48
Sanjay Divakaran and Ron Blankstein
CHAPTER 4
The Electrocardiogram 82
Daniel C. Pipilas, Bruce A. Koplan,
and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 5
Atherosclerosis 122
Siddharth M. Patel and Peter Libby
CHAPTER 6
Ischemic Heart Disease 147
Daniel P. Marcusa, David D. Berg, Marc S. Sabatine,
and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 7
Acute Coronary Syndromes 178
David D. Berg, Marc S. Sabatine,
CHAPTER 8
Valvular Heart Disease 210
Diana M. Lopez, Patrick T. O’Gara,
and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 9
Heart Failure 240
Jonathan W . Cunningham and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 10
The Cardiomyopathies 273
Sarah A.M. Cuddy, Neal K. Lakdawala,
and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 11
Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias 293
Victor Nauffal and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 12
Clinical Aspects of Cardiac
Arrhythmias 314
Victor Nauffal and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 13
Hypertension 339
Jenifer M. Brown and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 14
Diseases of the Pericardium 366
Mathew S. Lopes and Leonard S. Lilly
CHAPTER 15
Diseases of the Peripheral
Vasculature 384
Stanislav Henkin and Mark A. Creager CHAPTER 16
Congenital Heart Disease 411
Victoria R. Bradford, Keri M. Shafer,
and David W. Brown
CHAPTER 17
Cardiovascular Drugs 445
Leonard S. Lilly
Index 507
