Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2 Vol Set, 12th Edition
By: Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow, Douglas L. Mann, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Deepak Bhatt, Scott D. Solomon, and Eugene Braunwald
ISBN: 9780323722193
Pub Date: November 15, 2021
Reviewed By: Luna Khanal, MD (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine)
Description
This is the 12th edition of this leading textbook of cardiovascular medicine. The book provides a comprehensive, carefully curated, up-to-date overview of the fundamental pathophysiologic mechanisms in the field of cardiovascular disease.
Purpose
The purpose is to review the latest advances in the field of cardiovascular medicine in order to lay foundation and continue to build in the novel areas for optimal patient care.
Audience
The intended audience of this book includes cardiologists, internists, physicians in training, and midlevel providers. The chapter authors are national and international thought leaders in their respective fields.
Features
The book has 11 parts, each divided into multiple chapters. Part 1 focuses on foundations of cardiovascular medicine. Part 2 provides individualizing approaches to cardiovascular disease. Part 3 discusses patient evaluation with tried and tested evidence-based history and physical examination along with use of basic cardiovascular diagnostic tools like ECG, ECHO, cardiac imaging including cardiac CT and MRI, as well as invasive modalities like coronary angiography and intravascular imaging. Part 4 discusses preventive cardiology.
Part 5 focuses on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Part 6 covers heart failure. Part 7 discusses arrythmias, sudden death, and syncope. Part 8 includes pathophysiology and management of valvular diseases while part 9 talks about myocardial, pericardial, and pulmonary vascular bed disease. Part 10 gives insight on cardiovascular disease in special populations including women, pregnancy, older adults, and ethically and racially diverse populations.
Lastly, part 11 focuses on cardiovascular disease and its relationship with disorders of other organ systems. It also includes a chapter on endemic and pandemic viral illness and cardiovascular disease, with focus on speculated areas of COVID-19 and its effect on the cardiovascular system. The new edition has an additional 12 chapters with two new chapters exclusively on cardio-oncology. Numerous evidence-based graphs, tables, and illustrations present detailed, easy-to-understand concepts.
Assessment
This book is excellent and will be a valuable resource for cardiologists, internists, physicians in training, and midlevel providers.
©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Luna Khanal, MD (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine)
Doody’s Score: 92 – 4 Stars!
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