The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine is a teaching text that
contains the knowledge base needed by every general cardiologist and
specialist cardiologist as a background to their specialty interest.
The textbook content is based on the Core Curriculum of the European
Society of Cardiology, making the textbook essential reading for all
cardiology trainees. The textbook contains much of the evidence base
that is used to derive the practice guidelines published by the
European Society of Cardiology, and its contents will be used as a
basis for testing the knowledge of trainees who seek to qualify as
cardiologists and of cardiologists who must re-accredit their status
as cardiovascular health care providers. The book contains 38
chapters flowing from the clinical and investigation interface with
the patient through comprehensive desciprtion of disease processes
and pathophysiological states and finally to the complex
interrelationship between the heart and the mind. The text and design
is intended to produce a book that is readable and readily
understandable. The text is interspersed with many full color
diagrams and simple tabulations. Line diagrams are re-drawn to
produce a consistent feel to the book. Chapters relating to cardiac
imaging, for example, echocardiography, computed tomography, cardiac
magnetic resonance, and nuclear cardiology are richly illustrated.
The book is comprised of a print and on-line version. The text in the
print version has comprehensive referencing, but the references
themselves are available only from the on-line edition where the
citations are directly linked to PubMed in order to facilitate
retrieval of abstracts and full texts, where available. In both
versions, there is a "further reading" list, which consists of major
reference works, practice guidelines, especially those published by
the European Society of Cardiology, scientific statements, and task
force reports. The on-line version includes video images that are
represented by a static photograph in the print version. Each chapter
begins with a summary of the chapter and a listing of the chapter
contents, and is completed with a few paragraphs of personal
reflection from the authors about the standing of their subject and
its likely development during the next five years.
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