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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 25 reviews)

Best Book for Cardiology by Jason

5 Stars
May 10, 2009
This book is #1 on my Top 10 List of All-time Best Medical Texts. I first read this book as an undergraduate during the summer after anatomy and physiology. I might have understood about 5% of it since my medical vocabulary was limited, but I was able to read it because of the clarity of its prose. I read it again in PA school and fell in love with it because it explains the 'how' and the 'why' underlying cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. Most texts I read simply state the facts and do not explain 'how' a disease creates clinical manifestations, 'how' an invasive therapeutic intervention is performed, etc. This book does all of that, and does it in a clear and succinct manner. The only shortcoming of this text is its EKG section; it is simply an introduction to EKGs and is not sufficient for learning how to interpret them.

Excellent resource for MS-II by Med_student_1

5 Stars
April 16, 2009
This is a well written text, which can be read - and more importantly, understood - in a couple of days.

The text does a nice job of reviewing the physiology of the heart, in the context of each disease process. It repeats important points of the physiology throughout each chapter, such that you've got a generally good understanding of the reading by the time you finish the book. Lilly also provides enough pathology and treatment content to give a full picture of each disease. It does not, however, give extremely detailed pathology on each topic.

For a second year medical student, this text was sufficient to master the content of cardiac pathophysiology. I would strongly recommend it for that purpose.

Greatest Med Student book ever!!! For Cardiology that is... by M. Marie

5 Stars
April 10, 2009
This book is a lifesaver! It should be retitled, "Pathophysiology of Hear Disease...for dummies." lol. It offers great explanations of concepts in cardiology. Every med student's dream come true...

Thourough and succinct by J. Lawson (New Mexico)

4 Stars
January 23, 2009
This is a very good review of the subject that is thorough, yet succinct and up-to-date.

Amazing! by Allison Stasiuk (Winnipeg, MB)

5 Stars
May 12, 2008
I love this textbook (as much as you can love a textbook). This is the bible for your cardiology block. I've read it cover to cover and think it's probably the best textbook (by far) I own. Not only does it provide information in a concise fashion, but it explains it very well too.

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