Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine - Paperback

by Thomas Lüscher (Editor)

The Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine is an up-to-date pocket guide for students, trainees, junior cardiologists and even for consultants during clinics and rounds, as well as health professionals such as cardiac nurses providing diagnostic algorhythms, indications for procedures, drug use, and guidelines in a nut shell.

It is succinct, with bullet pointed information and attractive illustrations and flow charts in each chapter, making it a quick and easy reference for everyday use.

Author Biography

Thomas Lüscher, Professor of Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Professor Lüscher studied medicine at the University of Zurich and obtained the Swiss Board in internal medicine and cardiology, then trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. In 1993-1996 he was Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Basel, then trained in interventional
cardiology at the University of Bern to become Professor of Cardiology in 1996, before nominated as as Professor of Cardiology and Director of the University Heart Center and of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich. He is now Director of Research, Education & Development
and Con-sulting Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals and Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and at Kings College in London. Professor Lüscher is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large
experience in prevention, coronary and valvular heart disease, percutaneous interventions and heart failure.