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Features:

• Covers hundreds of complex cases representing the full spectrum of pre-existing conditions.
• Uses tables for quick access to the pertinent aspects of a patient's medical condition.
• Offers a consistent format and content with the focused guidance of two expert authors.
• Includes information on pediatric and geriatric patients as well as adults.

• All chapters have been thoroughly updated. New information on ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, asthma, immune system dysfunction, lung disease , diabetes, obesity, and diseases associated with aging.
• Provides additional illustrations to help clarify concepts.
• Incorporates the results of the latest clinical trials.

Table of Contents:

1 Ischemic Heart Disease 1
2 Valvular Heart Disease 25
3 Congenital Heart Disease 45
4 Abnormalities of Cardiac Conduction and Cardiac Rhythm 67
5 Systemic Hypertension 93
6 Congestive Heart Failure 105
7 Cardiomyopathies 117
8 Cor Pulmonale and Pulmonary Hypertension 127
9 Pericardial Diseases 135
10 Aneurysms of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta 143
11 Peripheral Vascular Disease 157
12 Deep-Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 169
13 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 177
14 Asthma 193
15 Restrictive Lung Disease 205
16 Acute Respiratory Failure 217
17 Diseases of the Nervous System 233
18 Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Tract 299
19 Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System 325
20 Renal Diseases 341
21 Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disturbances 373
22 Endocrine Diseases 395
23 Nutritional Diseases and Inborn Errors of Metabolism 441
24 Diseases Due to Altered Hemoglobin Concentrations or Structures 471
25 Coagulopathies 489
26 Skin and Musculoskeletal Diseases 505
27 Infectious Diseases 551
28 Cancer 585
29 Diseases Related to Immune System Dysfunction 611
30 Psychiatric Diseases and Substance Abuse 629
31 Diseases Associated with Pregnancy 655
32 Diseases Presenting in Pediatric Patients 687
33 Diseases Associated with Aging 739
Index 757