Management of Heart Failure

Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 398
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume presents a fresh international perspective on current approaches to treating heart failure. An accessible reference for hospital-based specialists, the book provides an update on recent advances in therapeutics and pharmacology, as well as ongoing trials. Four major sections concentrate on a review of screening, assessment and diagnosis; an update on drug treatments; an update on device therapy; and a description of best practice recommendations for managing clinically challenging casesContent:
Chapter 1 Preventing Heart Failure (pages 1–26): Barry H. Greenberg and Denise D. Barnard
Chapter 2 Biomarkers in Heart Failure (pages 27–43): Leo Slavin, Thomas K. Ro and Alan S. Maisel
Chapter 3 Imaging the Failing Heart (pages 45–81): Nico R. Van de Veire and Jeroen J. Bax
Chapter 4 Neurohormonal Blocking Agents in the Treatment of Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure (pages 83–116): Ruchika Dutta and Barry H. Greenberg
Chapter 5 Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Heart Failure (pages 117–135): Dawn Lombardo
Chapter 6 Management of Comorbidity in Chronic Heart Failure (pages 137–156): Justin A. Ezekowitz and Michael A. McDonald
Chapter 7 Emerging Therapies for Heart Failure (pages 157–175): Barry H. Greenberg and John G. F. Cleland
Chapter 8 Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Heart Failure Patient (pages 177–195): Sanjiv M. Narayan
Chapter 9 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Indications for Treatment and Strategies for Optimizing Results (pages 197–215): Sanjiv M. Narayan
Chapter 10 Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias in Heart Failure Patients (pages 217–234): Mark D. O'Neill, Matthew Wright, Pierre Jais, Sebastien Knecht, Isabelle Nault, Seiichiro Matsuo, Shinsuke Miyazaki, Andrej Pernat, Amir Jadidi, Frederic Sacher, D. Wyn Davies, Jacques Clementy, Michel Haissaguerre and Meleze Hocini
Chapter 11 Devices for Following Heart Failure Patients (pages 235–254): Philip B. Adamson
Chapter 12 Recognising and Managing the Patient with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction (pages 255–286): Margaret M. Redfield
Chapter 13 Treating Systolic Heart Failure (pages 287–326): Vijay U. Rao and John R. Teerlink
Chapter 14 Treatment of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure (pages 327–356): John R. Teerlink
Chapter 15 Management of Advanced Heart Failure (pages 357–383): Ronald Freudenberger

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