Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2 Vols.

Part 1 Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Disease

1. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

2. Heart Disease in Varied Populations

3. Ethics in Cardiovascular Medicine

4. Clinical Decision Making and Cost Effectiveness

5. Measurement and Improvement of Quality of Cardiovascular Care

6. Critical Evaluation of Clinical Trials

Part 2 Genetics and Personalized Medicine

7. Overview of Personalized Cardiovascular Medicine

8. Principles of Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics

9. Drug Therapeutics and Personalized Medicine

10. Biomarkers, Proteomics and Metabolomics in Personalized medicine

Part 3 Evaluation of the Patient

11. The History and Physical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach

12. Electrocardiography

Guidelines: Electrocardiography

13. Exercise Stress Testing

Guidelines: Exercise Stress Testing

14. Echocardiography

Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Echocardiography

15. The Chest Radiograph in Cardiovascular Disease

16. Nuclear Cardiology

Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Nuclear Cardiology

17. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

18. Cardiac Computed Tomography

Guidelines- Appropriate Use Criteria: Cardiac Computed Tomography

19. Cardiac Catheterization

20. Coronary Angiography and Intracoronary Imaging

Guidelines: Coronary Arteriography

Part 4 Heart Failure

21. Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation

22. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure

23. Clinical Assessment and Heart Failure

24. Diagnosis and Management of Acute Heart Failure

25. Management of Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Guidelines: Management of Heart Failure

26. Devices for Monitoring and Managing Heart Failure

27. Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction

28. Surgical Management of Heart Failure

29. Assisted Circulation in the Treatment of Heart Failure

30. Cardiovascular

Dr. Peter Libby is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Libby received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now BWH). He also completed a research fellowship in cellular physiology at HMS. Dr. Libby is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. The author of over 370 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Libby's clinical and research interests include vascular biology, atherosclerosis and preventative cardiology. The research laboratory that Dr. Libby directs studies the messengers created by the body that may produce arterial plaque and blockages, as well as normal and abnormal function of smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Boston Magazine named Dr. Libby a top cardiologist. His research has received funding from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Dr. Libby has received research recognitions on four continents including the highest basic research awards from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, and the Anitchkow award from the European Atherosclerosis Society.