Cardiovascular System

The Big Picture

It’s always the same: When the exciting disease patterns finally arrive in the clinical phase, anatomy and physiology are long forgotten. One has to struggle to review everything in order to understand what the disease is about.

Why not learn an organ system "in one piece": from anatomy to physiology, to the diagnostics and therapy of diseases? This book is ideal for learning in the module; here you will understand the organ system in context. The diseases of the cardiovascular system are systematically addressed—finally, a single book is sufficient to work through the entire topic block.

And it will help you with:

• Practical guidelines for diagnostics and therapy
• Numerous diagnostic images
• Latest findings and therapeutic procedures
• Key phrases, tables, and overviews with the most important facts

Due to its practical relevance, this volume is well-suited for both medical students and doctors in cardiological training and further education.

1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System.- 2. Clinical Diagnostics.- 3. Epidemiology and Prevention.- 4. Arterial Hypertension.- 5. Pulmonary Hypertension.- 6. Diabetes.- 7. Atherosclerosis and Subsequent Diseases.- 8. Heart Muscle Diseases.- 9. Heart Valve Diseases.- 10. Diseases of the Endocardium.- 11. Diseases of the Pericardium.- 12. Diseases of the Conduction System.- 13. Heart Failure.- 14. Congenital Heart Defects.- 15. Diseases of the Aorta.- 16. Tumors of the Cardiovascular System.- 17. Diseases of the Venous System.

Thomas Lüscher, MD, FRCP, FESC: Board certified Internist and Cardiologist, Director of Research, Education, and Development at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Professor of Cardiology at Imperial College and King's College, London, UK and at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Ulf Landmesser, MD, FESC: Director of the Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Care Medicine at Deutsches Herzzentrum Charité; Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Executive Board Member of the Deutsches Herzzentrum Charité, Berlin;  Professor of Medicine at Charité University Medicine Berlin.