Pathophysiology of heart disease : a collaborative project of medical students and faculty

Revised and updated for its Fifth Edition, Pathophysiology of Heart Disease  delivers a concise, easy-to-understand introduction to cardiovascular diseases. This best-selling text is written by internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and select medical students and specifically designed to meet the needs of medical students during their initial encounters with patients with heart disease. This edition has improved consistency of coverage and level of detail and enhanced illustrations.

A companion website on thePoint will include the fully searchable text and audio heart sounds, plus an image bank for faculty.

• Chapter 1 Basic Cardiac Structure and Function Ken Young Lin and Elazer R. Edelman and Gary Strichartz and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 2 The Cardiac Cycle: Mechanisms of Heart Sounds and Murmurs Henry Jung and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 3 Cardiac Imaging and Catheterization Henry Jung and Ken Young Lin and Patricia Challender Come
• Chapter 4 The Electrocardiogram Stephen R. Pomedli and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 5 Atherosclerosis Jordan B. Strom and Peter Libby
• Chapter 6 Ischemic Heart Disease June-Wha Rhee and Marc S. Sabatine and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 7 Acute Coronary Syndromes June-Wha Rhee and Marc S. Sabatine and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 8 Valvular Heart Disease Christopher A. Miller and Patrick T. O'Gara and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 9 Heart Failure Neal Anjan Chatterjee and Michael A. Fifer
• Chapter 10 The Cardiomyopathies Christopher T. Lee and G. William Dec and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 11 Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias Ranliang Hu and William G. Stevenson and Gary R. Strichartz and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 12 Clinical Aspects of Cardiac Arrhythmias Ranliang Hu and William G. Stevenson and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 13 Hypertension Christopher T. Lee and Gordon H. Williams and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 14 Diseases of the Pericardium Yin Ren and Leonard S. Lilly
• Chapter 15 Diseases of the Peripheral Vasculature Fan Liang and Mark A. Creager
• Chapter 16 Congenital Heart Disease David D. Berg and David W. Brown
• Chapter 17 Cardiovascular Drugs Cyrus K. Yamin and Christopher A. Miller and Elliott M. Antman and Gary R. Strichartz and Leonard S. Lilly
• Index