Main description:

The landmark text that belongs in the hands of every cardiologist fully updated and reorganized to make it more patient-centric than ever

World-famous for its authority and clinical relevance, Fuster and Hurst's The Heart is cardiology's longest continuously published reference book. Written to meet the ever-changing needs of cardiologists, fellows, and interns, this trusted classic offers a solid foundation in cardiovascular medicine and complete coverage of all major cardiovascular topics.

This fifteenth edition presents a greater focus on the practicalities of patient care. Additionally, the content is ordered in a more methodical pattern, from mechanism to management. Reflecting the latest technical, therapeutic, and clinical advances, Fuster and Hurst's The Heart provides invaluable concise summaries of major new trials and guidelines.

Authoritative Coverage and Unmatched Utility:

Central Illustrations
New section on cardiovascular critical care
New chapter "Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19"
Chapter summaries
ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines in all chapters
1,200+ photos and illustrations

Sections Include:

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease
Diseases of the Great Vessels and Peripheral Vessels
Valvular Heart Disease
Rhythm and Conduction Abnormalities
Heart Failure
Diseases of the Pericardium
Cardiopulmonary Disease
Critical Cardiovascular Care
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Special Populations and Topics in Cardiovascular Disease

Contents:

SECTION I *Introduction

1. The GlobalBurden ofCardiovascular Diseases

Catherine P.Benziger, Andrew E. Moran,Gregory A. Roth, and George A. Mensah

2.ClinicalCardiovascular Examination

William R.Miranda and Rick A. Nishimura

3.CardiovascularImaging Techniques

Thomas H.Marwick and Jagat Narula

4.Genomics andEpigenomics of Heart Diseases

June-Wha Rheeand Joseph C. Wu

SECTION II *Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

5.Epidemiology,Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Hypertension

Michael E.Hall, John E. Hall, and Paul K.Whelton

6.CardiometabolicDisease: Insulin Resistance, Obesity, and the MetabolicSyndrome

W. TimothyGarvey and Jeffrey I. Mechanick

7.Diabetes andCardiovascular Disease

Jeffrey I.Mechanick and Michael E. Farkouh

8.Tobacco-RelatedCardiovascular Disease

Nancy A.Rigotti, Sara Kalkhoran, and NealL. Benowitz

9.Air Pollutionand Cardiovascular Disease

Michael B.Hadley and Sanjay Rajagopalan

10.Hypercholesterolemia,Hyperlipoprotein(A), Hypertriglyceridemia, and Low HDL

Robert S.Rosenson, Marlys L. Koschinsky,Borge G. Nordestgaard, and Robert A. Hegele

11.PsychologicalFactors in Cardiovascular Health and Disease

Darwin R.Labarthe and Rosalba Hernandez

12.SedentaryLifestyle and Role of Exercise in Cardiovascular Diseases

AmbarishPandey, Nitin Kondamudi, and CarlJ. Lavie

13.Nutrition,Diet, and Alcohol in Health and Cardiovascular Disease

MartaGuasch-Ferre and Frank Hu

14.Inflammationand Atherosclerosis

Hasan K.Siddiqi and Paul M. Ridker

15.Location andLevel of Care, Education, Availability of Medicines, andCardiovascularMortality

Rajeev Gupta,Philip Joseph, AnnikaRosengren, and Salim Yusuf

SECTION III* Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease

16.Pathologyand Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and its Progression

Jagat Narula,Erling Falk, and ValentinFuster

17.Pathogenesisof Coronary Thrombosis and Myocardial Infarction

Gemma Vilahur,Valentin Fuster, and BorjaIbanez

18.ST-ElevationMyocardial Infarction (STEMI)

Borja Ibanez, ManeshPatel, InesGarcia-Lunar, Usman Baber, Jonathan Halperin, and Valentin Fuster

19.Evaluationand Management of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Eric R. Bates,David J. Moliterno, andManesh R. Patel

20.Mimickers ofAtherosclerotic Myocardial Infarction: SCAD, Coronary Vasospasm,Myocarditis,and Takotsubo Syndrome

Jacqueline Saw,Jaya Chandrasekhar, SarahZaman, and Harmony Reynolds

21.ChronicCoronary Syndromes

SripalBangalore, Ziad Ali, Jagat Narula,John Puskas, and Gregg W. Stone

22.CardiacRehabilitation: Current Practice and Future Directions

Alan Rozanski,Saman Setareh-Shenas, andJagat Narula

SECTION IV *Diseases of the Great Vessels and Peripheral Vessels

23.Diseases ofthe Aorta

John A.Elefteriades, Bulat A. Ziganshin,and Jonathan L. Halperin

24.CarotidArtery Disease

Christopher J.White

25.CerebrovascularDisease

Hugo J.Aparicio, Vasileios Lioutas, ThanhN. Nguyen, and Sudha Seshadri

26.Diagnosisand Management of Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries

HillaryJohnston-Cox, Daniella Kadian-Dodov,and Jeffrey W. Olin

SECTION V *Valvular Heart Disease

27.AcuteRheumatic Fever

Liesl Zuhlke,Jagat Narula, Mark Engel, andJonathan R. Carapetis

28.AorticStenosis

Marie-AnnickClavel, Marc R. Dweck, Martin Leon,and Philippe Pibarot

29.AorticRegurgitation, Mixed Valvular Heart Disease, and Heart Valve Prostheses

PatrizioLancellotti, Alexandra Chitroceanu,Simona Sperlongano, Raluca Dulgheru, andAdriana Postolache

30.MitralRegurgitation

Jeroen J. Bax,Nina Ajmone Marsan, Pietervan der Bijl, Hendrik Treede, Michele DeBonis,Bernard Prendergast, BernardIung, and Victoria Delgado

31.AcquiredTricuspid Valve Diseases

Luigi P.Badano, Ana Pardo, Denisa Muraru,and Jose Louis Zamorano

32.MitralStenosis

Vinay K. Bahland Ravi S. Math

33.InfectiveEndocarditis

Ann F. Bolger

SECTION VI *Rhythm and Conduction Abnormalities

34.ElectrophysiologicAnatomy, Mechanisms of Arrhythmias and ConductionDisturbances, and Genetics

Peng-ShengChen, MD, Siew Yen Ho, Silvia G.Priori, and Charles Antzelevitch

35.SupraventricularTachycardia: Atrial Tachycardia, Atrioventricular NodalReentry, andWolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

David Spraggand Hugh Calkins

36.AtrialFibrillation and Atrial Flutter

Anne B. Curtis,Tina Baykaner, and Sanjiv M.Narayan

37.VentricularArrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Justin Hayase,Kalyanam Shivkumar, and JasonS. Bradfield

38.ConductionSystem Disturbances and Bradyarrhythmias

PugazhendhiVijayaraman, Jeffrey Arkles,Jayanthi N. Koneru, and David J. Callans

39.Diagnosisand Management of Syncope

Zachary D.Goldberger, Mohammed Ruzieh, andBlair P. Grubb

SECTION VII* Heart Failure

40.Classificationof Cardiomyopathies

EloisaArbustini, Barry J. Maron, NavneetNarula, and Jagat Narula

41.DilatedCardiomyopathy

EloisaArbustini, Alessandro Di Toro,Lorenzo Giuliani, Mario Urtis, G. William Dec,and Jagat Narula

42.HypertrophicCardiomyopathy

MassimilianoLorenzini and Perry M. Elliott

43.CardiacAmyloidosis

Morie A. Gertz,Jagat Narula, EdgarArgulian, and Sumeet S. Mitter

44.RestrictiveHeart Diseases

EloisaArbustini, Alessandro Di Toro,Lorenzo Giuliani, G. William Dec, and JagatNarula

45.LeftVentricular Noncompaction

EloisaArbustini, Alessandra Serio, LorenzoGiuliani, Nupoor Narula, and Alessandro DiToro

46.Myocarditis

EloisaArbustini, Alessandro Di Toro, MarioUrtis, Sean Pinney, and Jagat Narula

47.Obstructiveand Nonobstructive Coronary Disease in Heart Failure

Charlotte Leeand G. William Dec

48.Diagnosisand Management of Chronic Heart Failure

MuhammadShahzeb Khan, Muthiah Vaduganathan,and Javed Butler

49.Diagnosisand Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Joao PedroFerreira, Kavita Sharma, andJaved Butler

50.Evaluationand Management of Acute Heart Failure

Kiran Mahmood,Eric J. Velazquez, andAnuradha Lala

51.PeripartumCardiomyopathy

Uri Elkayam andJena Pizula

52.SurgicalManagement of the Severe Heart Failure Patient: Mechanical CirculatorySupportand Heart Transplantation

Adam D. DeVore,Michelle M. Kittleson,Carmelo A. Milano, Jignesh K. Patel, Joseph G. Rogers,and Jon A. Kobashigawa

SECTION VIII* Diseases of the Pericardium

53.AcutePericarditis

James W. Lloyd,Sushil Allen Luis, Zi Ye,and Jae K. Oh

54.PercardialEffusion and Tamponade

Darryl J.Burstow, Sushil Allen Luis, GarvanC. Kane, and Jae K. Oh

55.ConstrictivePericarditis

William R.Miranda, Kevin L. Greason, JohnM. Stulak, and Jae K. Oh

SECTION IX *Cardiopulmonary Disease

56.Diagnosisand Management of Diseases of the Peripheral Venous System

DaniellaKadian-Dodov, Hillary Johnston-Cox,and Jeffrey W. Olin

57.Pulmonary Hypertension

Yogesh N. V.Reddy and Barry A. Borlaug

58.PulmonaryEmbolism

Victor F.Tapson

59.CorPulmonale: The Heart in Structural Lung Disease

Lewis J. Rubin

60.Sleep-DisorderedBreathing

ShahrokhJavaheri , Dirk Pevernagie, and AliJavaheri

SECTION X *Critical Cardiovascular Care

61.Evolution ofCardiac Critical Care

Venu Menon andPenelope Rampersad

62.Circulatoryand Cardiogenic Shock

Gregory Serrao,Benjamin Bier, and UmeshGidwani

63.SuddenCardiac Death and Resuscitation

Sanjiv M.Narayan and James P. Daubert

64.Postoperativeand Postprocedural Care in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Venu Menon

SECTION XI *Adult Congenital Heart Disease

65.Anatomicaland Physiological Classification of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Jasmine Grewaland Alexander R. Opotowsky

66.ShuntLesions

Ari M. Cedars,Shelby Kutty, and AshishDoshi

67.Right-SidedLesions

KonstantinosDimopoulos and AndrewConstantine

68.Left HeartObstructive Lesions

Jennifer Cohen,David Ezon, Kenan Stern, andAli N. Zaidi

69.SingleVentricle Post Fontan Palliation: Tricuspid Atresia, Pulmonary Atresia,andHypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Marie-A Chaixand Paul Khairy

70.Complex CyanoticCongenital Heart Disease: The "Mixing" Lesions

RafaelAlonso-Gonzalez and DanielleMassarella

71.PsychosocialProfiles in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Transition toAdulthood

Philip Moons

SECTION XII* Special Populations and Topics in Cardiovascular Disease

72.PerioperativeEvaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

Daniel Alyesh,Prashant Vaishnava, and KimA. Eagle

73.Anesthesiaand the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

David L. Reich,Elvera L. Baron, and Joel A.Kaplan

74.CardiovascularDisease in Patients With Cancer and Cardiovascular Complicationsof CancerTherapies

Edward T. H.Yeh

75.HeartDisease in Chronic Kidney Disease

Jared Hooker,Omar Baber, and Usman Baber

76.RheumatologicDisease and the Cardiovascular System

Emily Carrolland Yousaf Ali

77.CardiovascularDisease in Patients with HIV

Pravin Manga,Keir McCutcheon, and Nqoba Tsabedse

78. HeartDisease inPregnancy

Dan G. Halpern,Amy Sarma, Katherine E.Economy, and Anne Marie Valente

79.TraumaticHeart Disease

T. BruceFerguson, Jr, Austin Rogers, andRobert Allman

80.Women andIschemic Heart Disease: An Evolution in Knowledge

Leslee J. Shaw,Viviany R. Taqueti, andNanette K. Wenger

81.Race,Ethnicity, Disparities, and Diversity: The Intersection With HeartDisease

Clyde W. Yancy

82.CardiovascularDisease and Ageing: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Zoltan Ungvari,Dao-Fu Dai, Bela Merkely,and Anna Csiszar

83.ArtificialIntelligence and Cardiovascular Care

John S.Rumsfeld, Bobak J. Mortazavi, andHarlan M. Krumholz

84.CardiovascularManifestations of COVID-19

Sean P. Pinney,Gennaro Giustino, andJeffrey I. Mechanick