Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition (Two-Vol Set)

Valentin Fuster, Robert O'Rourke

McGraw-Hill Companies,Incorporated, Nov 28, 2007 - Medical - 2574 pages

Written by a team of international experts, Hurst's The Heart is the most comprehensive and current resource on the heart. You will find expert coveage ranging from genetics and molecular biology, epidemiology, imaging, and the social and societal origins of heart disease to patient care. The new Twelfth Edition includes new chapters on coronary blood flow, stunning and hibernation, race and ethnicity in CV disease, and CV physiology -- and all chapters have been updated throughtout.

About the author

Editors:

Valentin Fuster MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, Mt Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York

Robert A. O'Rourke, MD, MDCC, MACP, FHAA, University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Richard A. Walsh, MD, FACC, FAHA, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Philip Poole-Wilson, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, FMedSci, British Heart Foundation and Imperial College, London

Associate Editors

Spencer B. King, III, MD, MACC, FAHA, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Roberts MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Ira S. Nash, MD, FACC, FAHA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FACC, FAHA, St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition (Two-Vol Set)
• Authors: Valentin Fuster, Robert O'Rourke
• Edition: 12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies,Incorporated, 2007
• ISBN: 0071499288, 9780071499286
• Length: 2574 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Cardiology