About the Book
This third edition of The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine is a ground-breaking initiative from the European Soceity of Cardiology that transforms reference publishing in cardiovascular medicine to better serve the changing needs of the global cardiology community. Providing the evidence-base behind clinical practice guidelines, with in-depth, peer-reviewed chapters and broad coverage of this fast-moving field, The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine is an invaluable resource for cardiologists across the world. Overseen by Professors A. John Camm, Thomas F. L�scher, Patrick W. Serruys, and Gerald Maurer, supported by an editorial board of subject experts and contributions from more than 1000 of the world's leading specialists from research and the clinic, this dynamic encyclopaedic resource covers more than 63 disciplines with cardiology, providing readers with a trustworthy insight into all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. This edition comes with free access to the new, digital resource, ESC CardioMed, which will be continually updated online by the author team. Uniquely, ESC CardioMed is cross-linked with the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines in the European Heart Journal to provide the research and data behind the guidelines. The textbook is highly illustrated, with additional videos and multimedia resources available on ESC CardioMed. As a consistently evolving knowledge base, The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, along with ESC CardioMed, equips all cardiologists - from trainees and consultants, to device specialists and allied heathcare professionals - with a powerful, multifaceted resource covering all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. The glory of medicine is that it is always moving forward, that there is always more to learn. William James Mayo, 1928. This third edition of The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine is a welcome effort to enhance lifelong learning for cardiologists; indeed, it will be a great resource for all of those members of the healthcare team dedicated to the care of patients. ESC CardioMed, the new digital dimension with ongoing updates, is a particularly attractive feature and much needed to provide timely updates on topics. Reflection on Will Mayo�s quote from 1928 at a time of relatively slow growth in information to guide clinical practice compared to the current rapid pace of new diScoveries and ongoing analysis of clinical practice highlights the challenge for clinicians to 'keep up'. Linking new evidence- based data to clinical practice guidelines with advanced digital technologies is a wonderful approach and will greatly enhance what happens at the bedside in clinical decision-making. Medicine is a scholarly profession; this includes a commitment to lifelong learning which is one marker of the best in our profession. We critically analyse what we do and try to improve care for our patients with discovery, innovation, and sharing of experience. Those who maintain their scholarly endeavours, even while busily committed to heavy clinic practice responsibilities, will find considerable satisfaction with these ESC educational efforts. My own view is that scholarly activity, broadly defined, is an antidote for burnout among physicians. I am certain this third edition of The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine and the ESC CardioMed digital version with updates will contribute importantly to enhancing care for the patients we serve and facilitate the scholarly milieu of clinical practice. Robert L. Frye, MD
Rochester, Minnesota, US
About the Author:
A. John Camm, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St George's Hospital, University of London, UK, Thomas F. L�scher, Director of Research, Education & Development and Consultant of Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Trust and Imperial College, London, UK and Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Gerald Maurer, Professor of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria, Patrick W. Serruys, Professor of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Science Division of NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK Professor A. John Camm graduated from Guy's Hospital, London and pursued a career in cardiology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, before moving to St George's in 1986. He was elected Chairman of Medicine in October 1990. He was Chairman of the Division of Cardiological Sciences from 1986 until 2010. He is now Professor Clinical Cardiology at both St George's University of London and Imperial College, London. He has written or edited more than 40 books, predominantly in the field of cardiac arrhythmology. He has authored or co-authored almost 1,300 peer reviewed papers, more than 500 book chapters, and in excess of 2,500 accepted abstracts. He has delivered more than 500 international lectures. Professor Thomas F. L�scher is the Director of Research, Education & Development and Consultant of Cardiology at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Trust and Imperial College in London and Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University Zurich. Professor L�scher is a board certified internist and cardiologist with training in internal medicine at the University Hospital Zurich, cardiovascular physiology and cardiology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., USA and in cardiology and clinical pharmacology at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
Professor L�scher has published over 400 original research articles and review articles. By the Institute for Scientific Information he has been rated as one of the 0.5% most cited scientists worldwide. Further, from 2004 until 2016 editor-in-chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and as of 2009 Editor-in-Chief of the European Heart Journal. Professor Gerald Maurer graduated ay the University of Vienna School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine in Vienna and subsequently in Baltimore, at Sinai Hospital. Professor Maurer worked for 12 years in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he became the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and also held an appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. He served as Director of the Division of Cardiology and as Chair of the Department of Medicine II at the Medical University of Vienna until 2016.
Dr. Maurer's research interests are oriented towards cardiovascular imaging, valvular, and ischemic heart disease.
He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, 20 book chapters and 2 books. Professor Patrick W. Serruys has been a senior interventional cardiologist since 1977, Chief of Interventional Research since 1988, the Chief of Interventional Cardiology at the Thorax center from 1997-2012, and Prof. of Medicine until 2014 at Erasmus MC.
Professor Serruys was the first chair of interventional cardiology created by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and currently he is Professor of Cardiology in the Cardiovascular Science Division of the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) of Imperial College in London (UK).
Professor Serruys is the author or coauthor of over 1,400 papers and editor or co-editor of 32 books, and a member of 14 editorial boards of scientific journals. He has been associate editor of Circulation for Europe for five years.
