Book[edited by] Adel Elmoselhi.
Summary: "The aim of this work is to integrate the basic and clinical science topics of the cardiovascular system in a deliberately clinically oriented review book. Approximately half of the medical schools in the United States have already implemented an integrated curriculum in their pre-clinical programs, a trend which is growing both nationally and internationally. This trend is due in part to the proven benefits of the evidence-based practice of medicine as well as the increasing number of integrative clinical vignette questions in the medical and healthcare professional license examinations."--Preface
Contents:
Development of the heart and blood vessels
Anatomical structure of the heart
Cardiovascular circuitry and hemodynamics
Electrophysiology of the heart
Cardiac output and the pressure-volume relationship
The cardiac cycle
Regulation of arterial blood pressure and microcirculation
Ischemic heart disease and management drugs
Arrhythmias and antiarrhythmic drugs
Valvular heart diseases
Congestive heart failure and management drugs
Congenital heart diseases
Systemic arterial hypertension and antihypertensive drugs
Myocardial diseases
Pericardial diseases
Diseases of the peripheral vessels
Cardiovascular drugs.