Written by a team of international expers, Hurst's The Heart is the most comprehensive and current resource on the heart. You will find expert coveage ranging from genetics and molecular biology, epidemiology, imaging, and the social and societal origins of heart disease to patient care. The new Twelfth Edition includes new chapters on coronary blood flow, stunning and hibernation, race and ethnicity in CV disease, and CV physiology -- and all chapters have been updated throughtout.

Robert A. O’Rourke, MD
Charles Conrad Brown Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Disease
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio, TX

Valentin Fuster, MD
Director, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

R. Wayne Alexander, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Robert Roberts, MD
Executive Director, Baylor Cardiac Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Houston, TX

Spencer B. King, III, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory
St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana
Consulting Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Ira Nash, MD
Associate Director
The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine