Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty

As a cardiac nurse and future NP i have a library of cardiac books. This is the best cardiology book i have read. The text is incredibly approachable and detailed. I love the break down of AV node and AV SVT along with other arrhythmias. Every pathological disorder is well explained in a way i use to teach my patients and future nurses. Very good book and a incredible resource for cardiology.

I needed all the help I could get with reading ECGs, and this breaks it down into an easy-to-follow systematic way of reading them and explains the pathophys behind ECG abnormalities really well. Didn't delve very far into the other sections, but it was worth it for the ECGs alone.

I am a Cath Lab Tech, cross trained from a radiologic technology background. I chose this book to learn the pathophysiological reasoning for the things we do in the Cath lab. It is plenty in depth for me, but nothing over my head. I believe this book was key to me having a very easy time with the online RCIS Review course through Spokane Community College and was a big part of why I scored 94% on the RCIS exam.

Hard to believe that for under $40 you get such a high quality cardiac book. Excellent. I teach 4th semester nursing students and it's great to show them some good diagrams and pictures. It's a good read for nurses who care to understand more about what's actually happening. Couldn't recommend more. If you work with cardiac pts on a regular bases, keep this on your unit to refer to. You'll learn so much from basic patho, diseases, meds, and so much more.

Fantastic book, I've bought this book 2 years ago for my first year cardiology block at University of Sydney, and it basically taught me everything needed to pass that subject. You could easily read the book in a few days (less than a week), and come to terms with 95% of the cardiology in university. A real page turner, it also has a great narrative as well as the basic clinical knowledge. There is a summary at end of each chapter, which I recommend people to read before the actual chapter to get an overview of the topic at hand. The layout and diagrams are great, easy to understand and uses the right colour palette. The only thing that could be improved is the ECG section, however there are many exclusive ECG books on the market that could fill the void, so that is not a big loss.

Code for ebook download does not work. Web site related to this not functional. Avoid this book unless you just want print version. On the positive side - seller accepts return of copy with inoperable code. Otherwise book is well-written. Check your ebook download feature first to assure you are getting an operable code.

Honestly SUCH a good product for the price. I love finding things like this on amazon because i don’t have to go searching store to store to find something that is probably lower quality. 10/10 recommend. Great for med school

This book was the best. It states the concepts simply and as succinct as possible without leaving any details out. I used this book to get me through my medical school Cardiology block successfully. I highly recommend it.

I ordered this book as a companion to my fourth-year Cardiology elective and it was hugely helpful! Although slightly less in-depth than I would like, it does an excellent job of explaining cardiac pathophysiology. Explanations are concise, easily understood, relatively complete, and written in an easy, conversational style. I think this book is likely geared best towards students in their first two years, but still taught me some new things and helped reinforce my understanding of cardiac diseases.

Was so excited about getting this book because I’m a newer cardiac nurse and I wanted to study more in depth. But was sad to see my “new” book was definitely not new. However the inside is in perfect condition. Just upset with the outside. I didn’t want to go through the hassle of the return. Ready to study this book! Heard so many good reviews.

As a cardiac nurse and future NP i have a library of cardiac books. This is the best cardiology book i have read. The text is incredibly approachable and detailed. I love the break down of AV node and AV SVT along with other arrhythmias. Every pathological disorder is well explained in a way i use to teach my patients and future nurses. Very good book and a incredible resource for cardiology.

I needed all the help I could get with reading ECGs, and this breaks it down into an easy-to-follow systematic way of reading them and explains the pathophys behind ECG abnormalities really well. Didn't delve very far into the other sections, but it was worth it for the ECGs alone.

I am a Cath Lab Tech, cross trained from a radiologic technology background. I chose this book to learn the pathophysiological reasoning for the things we do in the Cath lab. It is plenty in depth for me, but nothing over my head. I believe this book was key to me having a very easy time with the online RCIS Review course through Spokane Community College and was a big part of why I scored 94% on the RCIS exam.

Hard to believe that for under $40 you get such a high quality cardiac book. Excellent. I teach 4th semester nursing students and it's great to show them some good diagrams and pictures. It's a good read for nurses who care to understand more about what's actually happening. Couldn't recommend more. If you work with cardiac pts on a regular bases, keep this on your unit to refer to. You'll learn so much from basic patho, diseases, meds, and so much more.

Fantastic book, I've bought this book 2 years ago for my first year cardiology block at University of Sydney, and it basically taught me everything needed to pass that subject. You could easily read the book in a few days (less than a week), and come to terms with 95% of the cardiology in university. A real page turner, it also has a great narrative as well as the basic clinical knowledge. There is a summary at end of each chapter, which I recommend people to read before the actual chapter to get an overview of the topic at hand. The layout and diagrams are great, easy to understand and uses the right colour palette. The only thing that could be improved is the ECG section, however there are many exclusive ECG books on the market that could fill the void, so that is not a big loss.

Code for ebook download does not work. Web site related to this not functional. Avoid this book unless you just want print version. On the positive side - seller accepts return of copy with inoperable code. Otherwise book is well-written. Check your ebook download feature first to assure you are getting an operable code.

Honestly SUCH a good product for the price. I love finding things like this on amazon because i don’t have to go searching store to store to find something that is probably lower quality. 10/10 recommend. Great for med school

This book was the best. It states the concepts simply and as succinct as possible without leaving any details out. I used this book to get me through my medical school Cardiology block successfully. I highly recommend it.

I ordered this book as a companion to my fourth-year Cardiology elective and it was hugely helpful! Although slightly less in-depth than I would like, it does an excellent job of explaining cardiac pathophysiology. Explanations are concise, easily understood, relatively complete, and written in an easy, conversational style. I think this book is likely geared best towards students in their first two years, but still taught me some new things and helped reinforce my understanding of cardiac diseases.

Was so excited about getting this book because I’m a newer cardiac nurse and I wanted to study more in depth. But was sad to see my “new” book was definitely not new. However the inside is in perfect condition. Just upset with the outside. I didn’t want to go through the hassle of the return. Ready to study this book! Heard so many good reviews.

Rare for a book to arrive by mail without some cosmetic damage.

A very readable cardio book that goes into just the right amount of depth for medical students. Far better than learning cardio through first aid or online. This is the first textbook I actually read.

Great coverage of conventional heart pathologies and diagnostics. Only beef is that it did not cover Intravascular Ultrasound, which is the gold standard - not angiography - for seeing plaques outside the arterial lumen.

Read this book cover to cover for my cardiology block in med school and did very well. If you're using it for a test I would recommend supplementing it with clinical vignettes in order to integrate the material and practice, but everything you need to know is in the book. It has more details than you'll be asked but it allows you to understand the concepts rather than just memorizing trivial information. Love this book.

One of the best medical books I’ve read. I’m a paramedic student who wanted to prep for the course, as well as pre-med, and was looking for a jump-start on cardiology. There’s been a fair number of pages I’ve had to read a few times to really understand, but it really has that added depth I was looking for. I will say, though, that if you haven’t taken a biochem class before, you may struggle with some of the concepts.

Excellent review book! I used this for multiple medical school courses - EKG Interpretation, Cardiology (of course), and H&P. It is succinct and clear and a wonderful resource.

simple, well organized, and most importantly, understandable.

This book was a must for understanding many of the difficult concepts in cardiology block in med school. Definitely recommend it.

My go-to book for graduate-level cardiology

The inside of the book is perfect, but the front cover is bent and the back cover is torn. Really excited to read it though!

Very well written! Very comprehensive! Excellent resource!

As pictured, came quickly

Great book! From the very basic to the more advanced but very easy to read unlike some other medical books.

It works for class

This is a great textbook, well-written and easy to read. I recommend it if you are in med school, or want to learn about cardiology.

As a second year med student this was the absolute best cardio book. Very easy to read and understand. Read cover to cover and you'll be set for cardio.

Great study for Cardiac Nurse.

If you are a medical student and trying to learn cardio this is definitely the book to have. It really covers all the important topics and is very high yield.

needed it for a class. It was fine.

One of my favorite textbooks for medical school so far. Easy read.

Memorize this book especially chapter 17, your life will be wayyyy easier

The material is written in a great format and the figures are a great addition. Definitely would recommend to any professional in healthcare or any student interested whether doctor, nurse, etc.

Very pleased!!!

This book is very informative but the rental I got is full of writing which can be distracting.

I barely even had to look at my lecture notes - just read this book. Clear, easy to understand, great pictures/tables/diagrams.

Useful review

Very complete and easy to read.

easy to read text for understanding cardiology.

This is by far my favorite cardiology textbook. Delivered in excellent quality and condition

Lilly's is a solid textbook, but you have to remember the key words here are "pathophysiology" and "disease." Here's what the book doesn't do: lay out all of heart physiology at the beginning of the book and then proceed to pathology, like most introductory books do. Rather, it goes through categories of heart disease chapter by chapter, explaining relevant physiology as needed to understand the PATHOphysiology. The focus is really on the diseases, not giving a comprehensive and basic understanding of normal structure and function. Basically, the focus is reversed. Now, what does that mean for a medical student? So far (I'm about halfway through), I've found it an excellent supplement to my cardiology lectures, but NOT a replacement. In part, this is because I'm reading sequentially, meaning I read Ch. 8 Valvular Heart Disease before learning about pressure-volume loops (in Ch. 9 Heart Failure). My course's traditional lectures go the other way around, explaining the cardiac cycle, fluid mechanics, electrophysiology/ECG, pressure-volume loops, venous/cardiac function curves, etc. before we cover any diseases in detail. As a result, diseases I read in Lilly's before getting to in lecture, I understand very well conceptually and theoretically. But not so much for the normal function/physiology. For example, I understood the basis of pathologic Q waves at a level of detail not discussed in my lecture. But I don't always feel Lilly's makes it easy to understand what's deranged in every disease, because the focus is more on dysfunctional mechanism than on first establishing every normofunctional mechanism. That said, it's not like that for everything — the ECG chapter is really excellent and basically obsoleted my lecture (aside from not explaining how to precisely measure QRS axis). An ideal companion to this book would be a well-written, digestible physiology book. My med school recommends Guyton and Hall, although many of us (including me) instead go with Costanzo's Physiology. That's helped me understand any mechanisms that Lilly's doesn't nail, and then the strong explanation of pathology in Lily's completes the picture. I haven't read Guyton and Hall, but that might be preferable over Costanzo for venous/cardiac function curves — after all, Guyton was the one who did the experiments and constructed those curves. If you like understanding the theory of cardiac disease better than what your lectures and normal physiology texts will explain (possibly more than is strictly necessary, but hey, this is personal preference), check out Lilly's. Great reference.

As a medical student i try to avoid reading most academic books and stick to lecture powerpoints. However, this is one of the best medical books I have purchased and don't regret it all. Some chapters are better than others but this book really manages to talk about some tricky material in a really clear manner. They don't try to overcomplicate things at all which other textbooks and many professors love to do.

awesome

excellent book

Amazing textbook for a medical student going through cardiology. Easy to understand, great graphics, and comes with an electronic copy so that you don't have to carry the book with you everywhere you go. Highly recommend.

Love it

This book was so helpful in my new cardiology job. Great reference and easy to understand. Informative and well put together.

Good read especially for M2, but even applicable for use as M3. Highly recommend if you have interest in cardiology or IM.

Love this book. Great for second year of med school

This was my favorite educational book of all time - best resource in medical school so far. Well written, especially the chapters that were written or co-authored by Leonard S. Lilly. Concise and precise learning for cardiology block. -MS1

Outstanding physiology book.

I continue to come back to this book for the best explanations of disease pathophysiology and physical exam findings and for the rx overview chapter. Very important to buy the current edition, too.

Great book, relevant, easy read, to the point!

A prime time overview of the fundamentals of heart function and dysfunction. Probably won't replace lecture materials, but it's pretty much an essential supplement for medical students learning cardiology for the first time (and advanced students to look back on).

This book worked wonders for me in understand the pathology of heart diseases in medical school. Every medical student should read this book.

Fantastic book that very clearly lays out concepts and describes various heart conditions. It's my go to for MS1/2

It is great and exactly what I wanted!

Love this book!

I wish there was a book like this for each subject in medical school, excellent.

alot of words on the page and not simply written.

5 Star Very nicely organized. Contains all the important information.

Great book, learned all my cardiology from this!

This is a very thorough and well written concise review. It helped me understand the major topics of the pathophysiology of the heart in great detail.

It's a great book. Well written and perfect for students.

An outstanding basic review of cardiac medicine for the non-cardiologist and the quintessential primer for medical students.

Great!

A great book about cardiovascular disease for any medical student.

Excelent book for med student.

The book arrived as expected

The best book about cardiovascular pathophysiology for medical students. No doubt

Very good

Hands-down one of the best textbooks I have ever read! The explanations of pathophysiology and associated clinical exam findings are easy to understand without unnecessary length or overwhelming detail. It also comes with a free ebook on the Inkling app that is very user-friendly. I will be keeping this book forever. You won't regret buying this textbook.