Includes bibliographical references and index

Basic cardiac structure and function / Vivek Iyer, Elazer R. Edelman, and Leonard S. Lilly -- The cardiac cycle: mechanisms of heart sounds and murmurs / Nicole Martin and Leonard S. Lilly -- Diagnostic imaging and catheterization / Nicole Martin and Patricia Challender Come -- The electrocardiogram / Lilit Garibyan and Leonard S. Lilly -- Atherosclerosis / James L. Young and Peter Libby -- Ischemic heart disease / Haley Naik, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Acute coronary syndromes / Haley Naik, Marc S. Sabatine, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Valvular heart disease / Mia M. Edwards, Patrick T. O'Gara, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Heart failure / Ravi Vikram Shah and Michael A. Fifer -- The cardiomyopathies / Marc N. Wein, G. William Dec, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias / Hillary K. Rolls ... [et al.] -- Clinical aspects of cardiac arrhythmias / Hillary K. Rolls, William G. Stevenson, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Hypertension / Payman Zamani, Gordon H. Williams, and Leonard S. Lilly -- Diseases of the pericardium / Yanerys Ramos and Leonard S. Lilly -- Diseases of the peripheral vasculature / Arash Mostaghimi and Mark A. Creager -- Congenital heart disease / Vijay G. Sankaran and David W. Brown -- Cardiovascular drugs / Martin W. Schoen ... [et al.]

"Completely rewritten and updated for its Fourth Edition, this best-selling text is a comprehensive, clear, concise, and easy-to-understand introduction to cardiovascular diseases. It is written by internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and select medical students, and is the best text to bridge basic physiology with clinical care of patients.\\This edition provides updated coverage of pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes, mechanisms of heart failure, molecular mechanisms of dysrhythmias, the genomic basis of cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease, and pharmacology. Numerous new illustrations are included.\\A companion Website on thePoint will include animations and audio heart sounds."