- This new edition is the most current review of all medical options for managing patients with heart failure
- A comprehensive stand alone reference work for the medical management of heart failure
- Introduces the surgical options in heart failure to prepare the reader for the second volume
This new edition of
Medical Management of Heart Failure will provide the full spectrum of medical options, ICU management and rehabilitation, while also prepare the reader for the second volume of Comprehensive Management of Heart Failure by introducing the surgical options in heart failure from transplant to the more noninvasive procedures in the interventional radiology department.
The contributing authors are all key opinion leaders in the medical management of heart failure. This volume is designed to integrate with its sister surgery title, but also alone be the definitive guide to the medical management of heart failure.
Table of ContentsEpidemiology of Heart Failure.- Mechanisms of Disease.- Diagnostic Testing and the Assessment of Heart Failure.- Nonpharmacologic Management of Heart Failure.- Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Patients with Heart Failure.- Neurohormonal Blockade in Heart Failure.- Early Medical Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes.- Management of Arrhythmias in Heart Failure.- Device Therapy in Heart Failure.- Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure.- Evaluation for Ventricular Assist Devices and Cardiac Transplantation.
