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Dr. Braunwald's masterwork returns ... bringing you the definitive guidance you need to overcome any challenge in clinical cardiology today, using the best approaches available! Hundreds of world authorities, many of them new to this edition, synthesize all of the recent developments that are revolutionizing practice - from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics to the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. This multimedia e-dition includes not only the printed reference, but also access to the complete contents online, fully searchable, with regular updates and much more. The expertise of the contributors, the scope of the coverage, and the versatile, multimedia format all make this the ultimate reference for the practicing cardiologist.

Reviews

REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION

"The editors have accomplished an impressive feat: improving on an already classic text...A worthy addition to the medical library of any practicing cardiologist, cardiology fellow, or health care practitioner with a special interest in heart disease." - JAMA

"This is an excellent textbook of cardiovascular medicine that will be a valuable addition to the cardiologist's library… The illustrations are superior, and include photo images, hemodynamic tracings, angiographic representations, and gross pathologic specimens." - Doody’s 4 Stars ****

Key Features

• Locate the answers you need fast, thanks to a user-friendly, full-color design, complete with more than 1,500 color illustrations.
• Glean clinically actionable information quickly with Clinical Practice Points in every chapter.
• Incorporate all of the text's illustrations into your own PowerPoint® presentations with the bonus CD-ROM.
• Access the complete contents of the book online, fully searchable, plus regular updates to reflect the up-to-the-minute clinical developments.
• Plus, Focused Reviews -Commentaries - Late-Breaking Trials - and much more!

New to this Edition

• Apply the latest knowledge in your field with 7 new chapters:
  ·Acute Heart Failure
  ·Device Therapy of Heart Failure
  ·Emerging Therapies for Heart Failure
  ·Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Management
  ·Prevention and Management of Stroke
  ·Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  ·Coronary Arteriography Guidelines
  
• Gain fresh perspectives on your practice with contributions from more than 20 brand-new authors.

Companion Products

• Braunwald's Heart Disease, 8th Edition : A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Single Volume

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Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Peter Libby, MD, Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Reynolds Investigator and Co-Director, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Robert O. Bonow, MD, Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg Shool of Medicine; Chief, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Douglas P. Zipes, MD, Distinguished Professor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Director Emeritus, Division of Cardiology and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; and Douglas L. Mann, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Gordon Cain Chair, Section of Cardiology, Director, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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