Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 12th Edition

The knowledge relevant to the practice of cardiology continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Scientific and clinical advances have occurred at such a rapid pace that clinicians often suffer information overload. Communications about advances in cardiovascular medicine inundate practitioners on a seemingly minute-to-minute basis through journals, mailings, text messages, newsletters, social media, webinars, advertisements, and other electronic and print media. How can a practitioner or trainee sift through this cacophony to discern reliable, durable, and important information critical for practice?

This textbook of cardiovascular medicine offers a solution to this quandary. The 12th edition of Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides a comprehensive, carefully curated, balanced, and unbiased distillation not only of the tried and true, but especially the latest advances in our field. This volume should serve the novice and experienced practitioner alike. Trainees and those preparing for certification or recertification examinations can use this text for an overall review of contemporary cardiovascular medicine. Practitioners confronting a particular clinical problem can consult the appropriate section of the book on an as-needed basis to answer the clinical question at hand to aid on-the-spot clinical decision making. While not a basic science textbook, this volume builds on Dr. Braunwald’s founding vision and reviews fundamental pathophysiologic mechanisms to furnish a foundation for informed practice where appropriate.