Cardiovascular Pathophysiology [Paperback]

Fred Kusumoto (Author), J. Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1999 | Series: Pathophysiology

The Pathophysiology Series was designed as a course supplement and board-review aid for second- and third-year medical students studying the pathophysiology of individual organ systems.

Extensive use of margin notes, figures, tables, and board-review style questions help to clarify difficult concepts in the basic science principles of pathophysiology.

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Cardiovascular Pathophysiology is one of six titles in the new Pathophysiology Series from Fence Creek Publishing. This series was designed to meet the second- and third-year medical student's needs for a concise but comprehensive resource that focuses on organ system pathophysiology. These texts cover the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and management of common diseases, using a unique format.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889325007
• ISBN-13: 978-1889325002
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,537,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible book: makes pathophysiology seem easy, June 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology (Paperback)

I just finished Cardiovascular Pathophysiology by Kusumoto and I was truly impressed. I will be entering a pre-med program next year, yet I understood every word of the book. I've read a fair amount of medical textbooks out of interest, yet this is the first one that read as easily as a novel: it gives you all the information you need (ie basic physiology) to understand the pathophysiology of the most common cardiovascular syndromes and doesn't assume that you already know everything. This must be an amazing book for medical students if a high school student can understand its content! The diagrams are clear and frequent, the questions at the end of each chapter are helpful but there are too few of them (4 or 5 per chapter) The systematic approach to each disease makes the content coherent and clear. The information is detailed but not so much that it becomes sterile academic jargon. A must for anyone interested in cardiovascular syndromes, even more so for medical students.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible book: makes pathophysiology seem easy, June 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology (Paperback)

I just finished Cardiovascular Pathophysiology by Kusumoto and I was truly impressed. I will be entering a pre-med program next year, yet I understood every word of the book. I've read a fair amount of medical textbooks out of interest, yet this is the first one that read as easily as a novel: it gives you all the information you need (ie basic physiology) to understand the pathophysiology of the most common cardiovascular syndromes and doesn't assume that you already know everything. This must be an amazing book for medical students if a high school student can understand its content! The diagrams are clear and frequent, the questions at the end of each chapter are helpful but there are too few of them (4 or 5 per chapter) The systematic approach to each disease makes the content coherent and clear. The information is detailed but not so much that it becomes sterile academic jargon. A must for anyone interested in cardiovascular syndromes, even more so for medical students.