Essential Atlas Of Cardiovascular Disease

The Essential Atlas of Cardiovascular Disease takes a comprehensive look at all pertinent areas of cardiovascular disease. This four-color atlas includes detailed legends and extensive reference listings for hundreds of illustrations, algorithms, schematics, and images. Topics covered include atherosclerosis, vascular disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, hypertension, valvular disease, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, cardiovascular imaging (echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance), and many others. Supported by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, this atlas is an invaluable resource for primary care physicians, cardiologists, and all professionals involved in the study and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

The Essential Atlas of Heart Diseases, 3rd edition, has been designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive visual exposition of all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. It will be especially useful to primary care physicians as well as to specialists. The most important images from each volume in the Atlas of Heart Diseases series are included in this book, accompanied by detailed captions written and reviewed by expert authors and editors.

The most thorough series of its kind, the full-color Atlas of Heart Disease encompasses the work of nearly 200 leading specialists. Each volume is dedicated to a particular area of cardiology and provides comprehensive, concentrated coverage of every topic related to the specialty. Hundreds of outstanding cardiology images covering a vast array of topics from basic physiology and risk management to new pharmacologic treatment procedures are included.

Heart disease and strokes are currently the leading cause of death in all developed countries and in most developing countries, resulting in one third of all deaths globally in 2003. This publication explores a range of issues relating to this increasingly urgent global health problem using text, colour charts, maps and graphics. Topics covered include: different types of cardiovascular diseases, including rheumatic heart disease; key risk factors including smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, high cholesterol levels and diabetes; risks factors relating to women, childhood and youth; the global burden of coronary heart disease and stroke, and associated economic costs; medical research and funding issues; prevention in personal and public health terms; treatment options; health education; national policies and legislation to address prevention and control; future predictions; chronology of key developments in knowledge of cardiovascular disease; and world data tables.