Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine

The Topol Solution gives you a complete print and multimedia package consisting of Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Third Edition, a DVD, and access to a wealth of online resources. Updated throughout by renowned international authorities, Dr. Topol's best-selling text provides a comprehensive, contemporary view of every area of cardiovascular medicine--preventive cardiology; clinical cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; electrophysiology and pacing; invasive cardiology and surgical techniques; heart failure and transplantation; molecular cardiology; and vascular biology and medicine. The bound-in DVD contains the full text, plus heart sounds, an image/chart/table bank, and videos of procedures--catheterization, CT/MRI, echocardiography, electrophysiology and pacing, intravascular ultrasonography, nuclear cardiology, and surgery. The Topol Solution Website includes the fully searchable text, heart sounds, and an image/chart/table bank downloadable to PowerPoint--plus questions and answers from The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review; a PDA download of cardiology drug facts; quarterly articles from Critical Pathways in Cardiology, and links to other cardiology Websites. FEATURES: * Thoroughly updated Third Edition of best-selling Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, plus DVD and instant access to a wealth of online resources * THE TEXT: * Renowned international contributors * A comprehensive, contemporary view of every area of cardiovascular medicine -- preventive cardiology; clinical cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; electrophysiology and pacing; invasive cardiology and surgical techniques; heart failure and transplantation; molecular cardiology; and vascular biology and medicine * Focus on clinical material, particularly the application of clinical research to practice * Each chapter includes comments on current controversies and pioneering insights into future developments * THE BOUND-IN DVD: * Full content of book * Heart sounds -- aortic ejection click; aortic ejection click and ejection murmur; aortic insufficiency and stenosis; aortic valve insufficiency; aortic valve sclerosis; ball-and-cage mechanical valve; coarctation of aorta; fixed left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; left ventricular assist device; left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in severe hypertensive heart disease; mitral regurgitation; moderate valvular aortic stenosis; moderate mitral stenosis; moderately severe valvular aortic stenosis; normal; prosthetic mechanical aortic valve; pulmonic valve stenosis; ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm; S3; S4; severe mitral stenosis; severe valvular aortic stenosis; subpulmonic stenosis; supravalvular pulmonic stenosis; tetralogy of Fallot; and tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation * Image, chart, and table bank * Videos of procedures -- catheterization, CT/MRI, echocardiography, electrophysiology and pacing, intravascular ultrasonography, nuclear cardiology, and surgery * THE TOPOL SOLUTION WEBSITE * Fully searchable text * Heart sounds (see DVD feature for listing) * Image, chart, and table bank downloadable to PowerPoint * Questions and answers from Griffin, Rimmerman and Topol's The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review * PDA download of key facts on most prescribed cardiology drugs -- trade name, generic name, indications, contraindications, dosage, and other prescribing information * Quarterly articles from Critical Pathways in Cardiology * Links to other cardiology Websites