Oxford Desk Reference Cardiology

by Hung-Fat Tse (Author), Gregory Y. Lip (Author), Andrew J. Stewart Coats (Author)

About the Author

This comprehensive reference provides easy access to information on the fundamental and practical aspects of modern cardiological practice, covering emerging fields and high technology, and dispensing practical clinical wisdom. Written in an approachable style, and using a quick-reference layout, the Oxford Desk Reference is perfect for the busy clinician requiring a diversity of information without the time to search through hundreds of sources. There are tables, summary boxes and algorithms throughout the book, allowing the reader access to key information and the most up-to-date treatment and management guidelines.

Edited by leading names in the field from the UK, Australia and Hong Kong, and with contributions from an international panel of sub-speciality experts, this outstanding resource covers all that a 21st century clinician needs to know in the management of patients with cardiac diseases.

Hung-Fat Tse was born in Hong Kong and received his medical degree from the University of Hong Kong. He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, and his cardiac-electrophysiology training fellowship at the University of Michigan, USA.

Andrew Stewart Coats studied Medicine at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford (pre-clinical) and Cambridge (clinical) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. He completed a research DM in Cardiology at Oxford, and also holds a DSc. on the scientific basis of heart failure from Imperial College, London.

Gregory Lip is Consultant Cardiologist, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of the Haemostasis Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Unit at City Hospital Birmingham. He is Executive Editor of the Journal of Human Hypertension, Section Editor for Thrombosis & Haemostasis, and Associate Editor for Thrombosis Research.