Hurst's the Heart, 11/e (2-Volume Set)

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 two-volume set 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!

Table of Contents:
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. Grunkemeier/Albert Starr/ Shahbudin H. Rahimtoota 71 ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY FOR VALVULAR HEART DISEASE John H. McAnulty/Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola Part 10 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 72 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES DUE TO GENETIC ABNORMALITIES ALI J. MARIAN/RAMON BRUGADA/ROBERT ROBERTS 73 THE PATHOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, RECOGNITION, AND TREATMENT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Michael D. Freed 74 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN ADULTS Carole A. Warnes/John E. Deanfield Part 11 MUSCLE DISEASE 75 CLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES Jay W. Mason 76 DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES Michael R. Bristow/Luisa Mestroni/ Teresa J. Bohlmeyer/Edward M. Gilbert 77 HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY RICK NISHIMURA 78 RESTRICTIVE, OBLITERATIVE, AND INFILTRATIVE CARDIOMYOPATHIES Brian D. Hoit 79 MYOCARDITIS AND SPECIFIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES- ENDOCRINE DISEASE AND ALCOHOL Donna M. Mancini/Ainat Beniaminovitz Part 12 PERICARDIAL DISEASES AND ENDOCARDITIS 80 DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM Brian D. Hoit 81 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Merle A. Sande/Mrinka Kartalija/Jeffry L. Anderson Part 13 ANESTHESIA, SURGERY AND THE HEART 82 PERIOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WHO UNDERGO NONCARDIAC SURGERY David S. Bach/Kim A. Eagle 83 ANESTHESIA AND THE PATIENT WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE David L. Reich/Joel A. Kaplan Part 14 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 84 THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM William C. Roberts/Robert A. O’Rourke 85 NEOPLASTIC HEART DISEASE Robert J. Hall/Denton A. Cooley/Hugh A. McAllister, Jr./ 0.Howard Frazier/Susan Wilansky 86 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Michael E. Farkouh/Elliot J. Rayfield/Valentin Fuster 87 OBESITY, THE METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIETS Daniel Levy/Robert Superko 88 AIDS AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Melvin D. Cheitlin 89 EFFECT OF NONCARDIAC DRUGS, ELECTRICITY, POISONS, AND RADIATION ON THE HEART Andrew L. Smith/Wendy M. Book 90 ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG INTERACTIONS AND COMPLICATIONS William H. Frishman 91 EFFECTS OF MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Dominique L Musselman/William M. McDonald/ Charles B. Nemeroff 92 HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY John H. McAnulty/James Metcalfe/Kent Ueland 93 TRAUMATIC HEART DISEASE Panagiotis N. Symbas 94 THE HEART AND KIDNEY DISEASE Tahsin Masud/William E. Mitch 95 EXERCISE AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: ACUTE HEMODYNAMICS, CONDITIONING TRAINING, THE ATHLETE'S HEART, AND SUDDEN DEATH Gerald F. Fletcher/Thomas R. Flipse 96 CARDIOVASCULAR AGING IN HEALTH AND THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Edward G. Lakatta/Steven P. Schulman/ Gary Gerstenblith 97 WOMEN AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Pamela Charney Part 15 DISEASES OF THE GREAT VESSELS AND PERIPHERAL VESSELS 98 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE AORTA Joseph Lindsay, Jr. 99 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HEART DISEASE Louis R. Caplan 100 NONSURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR CAROTID DISEASE SAMIR R. KAPADIA/SANJAY S. YADAV 101 DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES OF THE PERIPHERAL ARTERIES AND VEINS Paul W. Wennberg/Thorn W. Rooke 102 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Thomas F. Dodson/Robert B. Smith III 103 ADVANCES IN THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Tanvir K. Bajwa Part 16 SOCIAL ISSUES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 104 COST -EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IN CARDIOLOGY William S. Weintraub/Harlan Krumholz 105 INSURANCE ISSUES IN PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE Michael B. Clark/William T. Friedewald 106 PRACTICE GUIDELINES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE Ira S. Nash 107 BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE IN THE TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE Thomas G. Pickering/Karina W. Davidson/William Gerin 108 COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE IN RELATION TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Mitchell W. Krucoff

About the Author :
Valentin Fuster, MDDirector, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular InstituteMount Sinai Medical CenterNew York, NY R. Wayne Alexander, MD Chair, Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA Robert Roberts, MD Executive Director, Baylor Cardiac Institute Baylor College of Medicine Dept. of Medicine, Section of Cardiology Houston, TX Spencer B. King, III, MD Director, Interventional Cardiology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana Consulting Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina Ira Nash, MD Associate Director The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine