Hurst's the heart (single volume), 11th Ed.

Enhance your clinical decision-making today' with the landmark volume that continues to define cardiology! Setting an even higher standard' -This description refers to the single-volume of Hurst's THE HEART, 11/e. There's no mistaking the commanding coverage of Hurst's THE HEART. Turn to any page, and you'll see the solid focus on patient care, up-to-the-minute perspectives on therapeutic and technological advances, and expert authorship acclaimed by cardiology residents, fellows, and physicians. Now, the 11th Edition of Hurst's THE HEART takes this tradition of excellence to a whole new level. World-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster has spearheaded an ambitious revision of Hurst's THE HEART, making this not-to-be-missed resource even more timely and complete, more visually appealing, and more essential to your daily practice than ever before. Whether the topic is coronary bypass surgery, angina, or advances in minimally invasive treatment, you'll find the latest therapeutic strategies and supporting evidence-based data'all presented by a preeminent international group of thought leaders. Review some of the strengths of this legendary reference: A-to-Z coverage of diagnosis and treatment procedures, an overview of current ACC/AHA guidelines, unmatched interpretation of clinical trials and cardiology data found in the Human Genome Project, first-rate color images of the normal and diseased heart'all supported by abundant pedagogy that includes chapter outlines, practice guidelines, algorithms, and more. If you thought this kind of resource could benefit you and your patients before, you'll be amazed by what awaits you in the 11th edition - one look is all you'll need to see why the new edition of Hurst's THE HEART will prove indispensable to the way you practice cardiology. New to the 11th Edition!
-Approximately 1/3 of the chapters revised or rewritten to reflect new cardiology trends in such fast-moving areas as hypertension, congenital heart disease in adults, and infectious endocarditis
-Important ACC/AHA guidelines for conditions such as hypertension and heart failure integrated into appropriate chapters
-More prominent and clearly defined sections on treatment
-Updated coverage of electrophysiology
-Expanded interventional cardiology chapters that include the most recent information'including procedures related to stent implants
-More in-depth coverage of clinical trials
-A more compact, streamlined organization, aided by the addition of summary material
-Dramatically increased use of tables, charts, and figures that provide at-a-glance access to key information
-Enhanced art program, with sharper, more precise images featured throughout
-And much more!

Part 1 FOUNDATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATION W. Bruce Fye 2THE BURDEN OF INCREASING WORLDWIDE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Thomas J. Thom/William B. Kannel/Halit Silbershatz/ Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr. 3 FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HEART Joseph F. Malouf/William D. Edwards/A. Jamil Tajik/ James B. Seward 4 NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Martin M. LeWinter/George 0501 5 PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY Robert Roberts 6 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF THE NORMAL, HYPERTROPHIED, AND FAILING HEART Richard A. Walsh 7 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF BLOOD VESSELS Kathy K. Griendling/David G. Harrison/ R. Wayne Alexander 8 MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART AND VASCULATURE Bradley B. Keller/Andy Wessels/Robert J. Schwartz/ Robert Roberts/Roger R. Markwald, Margaret Kirby 9 UNRAVELING THE HUMAN GENOME AND ITS FUTURE IMPLICATIONS FOR CARDIOLOGY Robert Roberts/Richard P. Lifton 10Genetic Basis of Cardiac Arrhythmias Gordon Tomaselli 11 CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE MODIFICATION BY GENETIC APPROACHES Elizabeth G. Nabel/Victor J. Dzau Part 2 EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT 12 THE HISTORY, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, AND CARDIAC AUSCULTATION Robert A. O'Rourke/James A. Shaver/Mark E. Silverman 13 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Agustin Castellanos/Alberto Interian, Jr./ Robert J. Myerburg 14 CHEST RADIOGRAPHY James T. T. Chen 15 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Anthony N. DeMaria/I Daniel/G. Blanchard 16 ECG EXERCISE TESTING Victor F. Froelicher 17 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY, AND CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AND PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Morton J. Kern/Robert H. Franch/John S. Douglas, Jr./ Spencer B. King III 18 CORONARY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING STEVEN E. NISSEN 19 NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY Daniel S. Berman/Leslee J. Shaw/Guido Germano 20 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE HEART John J. Mahmarian 21 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE HEART Mark Doyle/Gerald M. Pohost/Michael Poon 22 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND CT OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM Michael Poon/Zahi A. Fayad/Thomas K. F. Foo/ Valentin Fuster 23 POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Heinrich R. Schelbert Part 3 HEART FAILURE 24 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE Gary S. Francis/John P. Gassler/Edmund H. Sonnenblick 25 DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE Thierry H. LeJemtel/Edmund H. Sonnenblick/ William H. Frishman 26 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE, CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION, AND MECHANICAL VENTRICULAR SUPPORT Sharon A. Hunt/John S. Schroeder/Gerald J. Berry Part 4 RHYTHM AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS 27 MECHANISMS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES Albert L Waldo/Andrew L. Witt 28 APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS ERIC PRYSTOWSKY 29 SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA, ATRIAL FLUTTER, AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION NEAL KAY 30 SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: AV NODE REENTRY, AND WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME Hugh Calkins 31 VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS RICK PAGE 32 BRADYARRYTHMIAS AND PACEMAKERS KEN ELLENBOGEN 33 LONG - TERM CONTINUOUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC RECORDING R. Joe Noble/Eric N. Prystowsky 34 TECHNIQUES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC EVALUATION Masood Akhtar 35 ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS Raymond L. Woosley 36 CATHETER ABLATION OF CARDIAC ARRYTHMIAS Eugen C. Palma/Melvin M. Scheinman 37 TECHNIQUES AND INDICATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION Richard Kerber 38 THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR Peter A. O'Callaghan/Jeremy N. Ruskin 39 ARRHYTHMIAS IN CHILDREN RONALD KANTER Part 5 SYNCOPE, SUDDEN DEATH, AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 40 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SYNCOPE Harisios Boudoulas/Steven D. Nelson/ Stephen F. Schaal/Richard P. Lewis 41 SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Duane s. Pinto/Mark E. Josephson 42 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT Nisha Chandra-Strobos/Myron L. Weisfeldt Part 6 CORONARY HEART DISEASE 43 PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE DAVID J. MARON/PAUL M. RIDKER/THOMAS A. PEARSON/SCOTT M. GRUNDY 44 ATHEROTHROMBOSIS AND PLAQUE DISRUPTION Erling Falk/P.K. Shah/Valentin Fuster 45 CORONARY THROMBOSIS: LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC FACTORS Lina Badimon/Valentin Fuster/Juan J. Badimon/ Roberto Corti 46 CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA Attilio Maseri/Gaetano Antonio Lanza/ Tommaso Sanna/Stefano Rigattieri 47 NONATHEROSCLEROTIC CORONARY HEART DISEASE Bruce F. Waller 48 DEFINITIONS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES Valentin Fuster/Robert A. O'Rourke 49 PATHOLOGY OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, INFARCTION, REPERFUSION AND SUDDEN DEATH Renu Virmani 50 THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, NECROSIS AND REPERFUSION Yoshifumi Naka/David M. Stern/David J. Pinsky 51 UNSTABLE ANGINA AND NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT Robert O. Rourke/Valentin Fuster 52 ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT R. Wayne Alexander/Craig M. Pratt/Thomas J. Ryan/ Robert Roberts 53 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Anton P. Gorgels/Domien J. Engelen/Hein J.J. Wallens 54 THROMBOGENESIS AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY Lane Duvall/David Vorchheimer/Valentin Fuster 55 PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION John S. Douglas, Jr./Spencer B. King III 56 MECHANICAL INTERVENTIONS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION William O'Neill/Bruce R. Brodie 57 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE Robert A. O'Rourke/Patrick O'Gara/John S. Douglas, Jr. 58 CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY Bruce W. Lytle 59 MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT AFTER CORONARY SURGERY Douglas C. Morris/Stephen D. Clements, Jr./ Carl C. Hug, Jr. 60 REHABILITATION OF THE PATIENT WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE Nanette K. Wenger Part 7 SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 61 HYPERTENSION: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT HENRY R. BLACK/GEORGE L. BAKRIS/WILLIAM J. ELLIOT Part 8 CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE 62 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Lewis J. Rubin 63 PULMONARY EMBOlISM PETER FEDULLO 64 CHRONIC COR PULMONALE ANDREW RIES, KIRK KNOWLTON Part 9 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 65 ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER Simon Chakko/Alan L. Bisno 66 AORTIC VALVE DISEASE Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola 67 MITRAL VALVE DISEASE Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola/Louis Del Italia 68 MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE SYNDROME Robert A. O'Rourke/Steven Bailey 69 TRICUSPID VALVE, PULMONIC VALVE, AND MULTIVALVULAR DISEASE Robert A. O'Rourke/Steven Bailey 70 CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES Gary L. Grunkeme