The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2 Vols.

PART 1. Introduction to the cardiovascular system

PART 2. Investigations

PART 3. Heart Diseases

PART 4. Vascular disease

PART 5. Specific Populations - gender and race

PART 6. Other aspects

PART 7. Appendices

• Provides the background information behind clinical practice, with in-depth peer-reviewed articles and broad coverage of the field.
• Includes contributions from more than 900 of the world's leading specialists, from the research lab to the clinic.
• The digital publication, ESC CardioMed, will be continuously updated by the world's leading clinicians, scientists, and researchers. Provides users with a dynamic and forward thinking digital resource at the heart of cardiology
• Highly illustrated with multi-media features embedded in the text including over 200 videos.
• Cross-referenced links to ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines, related content and primary research data in European Heart Journal, as well as all other major journals in the field.

New to this Edition:

• Completely revamped table of contents covering over 60 disciplines within cardiology.
• Split into six key parts; Introduction to the cardiovascular system, Investigations, Heart diseases, Vascular disease, Special populations, and Other aspects of cardiology
• More than 900 of the world's leading specialists from research and the clinic contributing.
• The digital publication, ESC CardioMed, provides users with a dynamic and forward thinking digital resource at the heart of cardiology.

This new third edition of The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine is a ground breaking initiative from the European Society of Cardiology that transforms reference publishing in cardiovascular medicine in order to better serve the changing needs of the global cardiology community. Providing the background information behind clinical practice guidelines, with in-depth peer-reviewed articles and broad coverage of this fast-moving field, both the print and digital publication are invaluable resources for cardiologists across the world.

Overseen by Professors A. John Camm, Thomas F. Lüscher, Patrick W. Serruys, and Gerald Maurer, supported by an editorial board of subject experts, and more than 900 of the world's leading specialists from research and the clinic contributing, this dynamic encyclopaedic resource covers more than 63 disciplines within cardiology. Split into six key parts; Introduction to the cardiovascular system; Investigations; Heart diseases; Vascular disease; Special populations, and Other aspects of cardiology, providing readers with a trustworthy insight into all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.

To respond nimbly to the rapid evolution of the field the digital publication, ESC CardioMed, is continuously updated by the author teams. With expert editors and authors, and stringent peer-review, the publication combines the discoverability of digital with the highest standards of academic publishing. Highly illustrated with embedded multi-media features, along with cross-referenced links to ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines, related content and primary research data in European Heart Journal, as well as all other major journals in the field, ESC CardioMed provides users with the most dynamic and forward thinking digital resource at the heart of cardiology.

As a consistently evolving knowledge base, The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 3e, together with the online counterpart ESC CardioMed, equips all those, from trainees and consultants, to device specialists and allied healthcare professionals with a powerful, multifaceted resource covering all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.

Edited by A. John Camm, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St George's Hospital, University of London, UK, Thomas F. Lüscher, Director of Research, Education & Development and Consultant of Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Trust and Imperial College, London, UK and Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Gerald Maurer, Professor of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria, and Patrick W. Serruys, Professor of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Science Division of NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK