Description
**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® in Cardiology**Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the cardiovascular system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (the CIBA "Green Books") contains unparalleled didactic illustrations reflecting the latest medical knowledge. Revised by Drs. Jamie B. Conti and C. Richard Conti, Cardiovascular System, Volume 8 integrates core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and other basic sciences with common clinical correlates across health, medical, and surgical disciplines. Classic Netter art, updated and new illustrations, and modern imaging continue to bring medical concepts to life and make this timeless work an essential resource for students, clinicians, and educators.Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the cardiovascular system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (the CIBA "Green Books") contains unparalleled didactic illustrations reflecting the latest medical knowledge. Revised by Drs. Jamie B. Conti and C. Richard Conti, Cardiovascular System, Volume 8 integrates core concepts of anatomy, physiology, and other basic sciences with common clinical correlates across health, medical, and surgical disciplines. Classic Netter art, updated and new illustrations, and modern imaging continue to bring medical concepts to life and make this timeless work an essential resource for students, clinicians, and educators.- Provides a highly visual guide to the heart and blood vessels, from basic science, anatomy, and physiology to pathology and injury.- Covers new diagnostics and therapeutics, including timely topics like intracardiac echocardiography, optical coherence tomography, radiation dose concerns, and coronary artery spasm.- Provides a concise overview of complex information by integrating anatomical and physiological concepts with clinical scenarios.- Compiles Dr. Frank H. Netter's master medical artistry—an aesthetic tribute and source of inspiration for medical professionals for over half a century—along with new art in the Netter tradition for each of the major body systems, making this volume a powerful and memorable tool for building foundational knowledge and educating patients or staff.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 ANATOMY1.1 Thorax: Lungs in Situ1.2 Thorax: Heart in Situ1.3 Thorax: Mediastinum1.4 Thorax: Pericardial Sac1.5 Exposure of the Heart: Anterior Exposure1.6 Exposure of the Heart: Base and Diaphragmatic Surfaces1.7 Atria and Ventricles: Right Atrium and Right Ventricle1.8 Atria and Ventricles: Left Atrium and Left Ventricle1.9 Atria and Ventricles: Atria, Ventricles, and Interventricular Septum1.10 Valves: Cardiac Valves Open and Closed1.11 Valves: Valves and Fibrous Skeleton of Heart1.12 Specialized Conduction System of Heart1.13 Coronary Arteries and Cardiac Veins: Sternocostal and Diaphragmatic Surfaces1.14 Coronary Arteries and Cardiac Veins: Arteriovenous Variations1.15 Innervation of Heart: Nerves of Heart1.16 Innervation of Heart: Schema of InnervationSECTION 2 PHYSIOLOGY2.1 Cardiovascular Examination: Cardiac Cycle2.2 Cardiovascular Examination: Important Components2.3 Cardiovascular Examination: Positions for Cardiac Auscultation2.4 Cardiovascular Examination: Areas of Cardiac Auscultation2.5 Cardiovascular Examination: Murmurs2.6 Neural and Humoral Regulation of Cardiac Function2.7 Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy2.8 Cardiac Catheterization: Vascular Access2.9 Cardiac Catheterization: Left-Sided Heart Catheterization2.10 Cardiac Catheterization: Normal Saturations (O2) and Pressure2.11 Cardiac Catheterization: Examples of O2 and Pressure Findings and Pressure Tracings in Heart Diseases2.12 Cardiac Catheterization: Normal Cardiac Blood Flow During Inspiration and Expiration2.13 Specialized Conduction System: Physiology2.14 Specialized Conduction System: Electrical Activity of the Heart2.15 Electrocardiogram2.16 Electrocardiogram (Continued)2.17 Progression of Depolarization2.18 End of Depolarization Followed by Repolarization2.19 Axis Deviation in Normal Electrocardiogram2.20 Atrial Enlargement2.21 Ventricular Hypertrophy2.22 Bundle Branch Block2.23 Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome2.24 Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia2.25 Sinus and Atrial Arrhythmias2.26 Premature Contraction2.27 Sinus Arrest, Sinus Block, and Atrioventricular Block2.28 Tachycardia, Fibrillation, and Atrial Flutter2.29 Sudden Cardiac Death2.30 Effect of Digitalis and Calcium/Potassium Levels on Electrocardiogram2.31 Cardiac Pacing: Dual Chamber and Biventricular2.32 Cardiac Pacing: Leadless Technology and Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter DefibrillatorsSECTION 3 IMAGING3.1 Radiology: Frontal Projection3.2 Radiology: Right Anterior Oblique Projection3.3 Radiology: Left Anterior Oblique Projection3.4 Radiology: Lateral Projection3.5 Angiocardiography: Anteroposterior Projection of Right-Sided Heart Structures3.6 Angiocardiography: Lateral Projection of RightSided Heart Structures3.7 Angiocardiography: Anteroposterior Projection of Left-Sided Heart Structures3.8 Angiocardiography: Lateral Projection of Left-Sided Heart Structures3.9 Catheter-Based Coronary Angiography: Right Coronary Artery3.10 Catheter-Based Coronary Angiography: Left Coronary Artery3.11 Intravascular Ultrasound3.12 Transthoracic Cardiac Ultrasound3.13 Doppler Echocardiography3.14 Transesophageal Echocardiography3.15 Intracardiac Echocardiography3.16 Optical Coherence Tomography3.17 Exercise and Contrast Echocardiography3.18 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging3.19 Ventriculography3.20 Computed Tomographic Angiography: Cardiac Cycle and Calcium Contrast Studies3.21 Computed Tomographic Angiography: Interpretation (Continued)3.22 Radiation Dose Concerns3.23 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging3.24 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Continued)SECTION 4 EMBRYOLOGY4.1 Early Embryonic Development4.2 Early Intraembryonic Vasculogenesis4.3 Formation of the Heart Tube: One-Somite and Two-Somite Stages4.4 Formation of the Heart Tube: Four-Somite and Seven-Somite Stages4.5 Formation of the Heart Loop: 10-Somite and 14-Somite Stages4.6 Formation of the Heart Loop: 20-Somite Stage4.7 Formation of Cardiac Septa: Development of Ventricles and Atrioventricular Valves4.
