Heart Failure: Device Management

✍ Scribed by Arthur M. Feldman

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

When you're considering device therapy for a patient with heart failure, be sure to consult this concise reference for the latest information on who benefits most from which device.In clear, straightforward prose, Dr. Feldman addresses: Resynchronization Therapy, ICD, Ultrafiltration, Impulse Therapy, Chronic Implantable Monitoring, Bioimpedance, EECP, and more. With chapters devoted to monitoring the patient on device therapy and the future of device therapy in heart failure, this book makes an important contribution to patient care.

✦ Table of Contents

Heart Failure......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy......Page 14
2 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy......Page 31
3 Chronic Implantable Monitoring......Page 42
4 Cardiac Contractility Modulation by Electrical Signals Applied during the Absolute Refractory Period as a Treatment for Chronic Heart Failure......Page 57
5 The Role of Cardiac Restraint Devices in the Treatment of Patients with Dilated......Page 72
6 The Role of Right Heart Catheterization in the Management of Patients with Heart......Page 81
7 Impedance Cardiography......Page 90
8 The Use of Echocardiography in Evaluating the Heart Failure Patient and Response to Therapy......Page 101
9 Revascularization for Left Ventricular Dysfunction......Page 112
10 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease......Page 124
11 Percutaneous Mechanical Assist Devices......Page 133
12 Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Acute and Chronic Heart Failure......Page 146
13 The Role of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Heart Failure Management......Page 164
14 Ultrafiltration in the Management of Heart Failure......Page 178
Conclusion: Finding the Right Device or the Right Patient......Page 185
Index......Page 188
Conflict of Interest Table......Page 196