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- Broadly covers heart failure from genetics and symptoms through to treatment and preventative methodologies
- Provides a disease-based perspective of heart failure
- Features clear easy to understand treatment boxes in each chapter to reinforce key concepts covered in each chapter
This textbook offers an up-to-date, user-friendly guide on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Each chapter is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of every aspect of heart failure from cardiac signs and symptoms through imaging and the genetic basis for disease to surgery, interventions, treatment and preventative cardiology. Heart Failure provides the trainee and practising cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, vascular surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac radiologist and any physician who manages cardiac patients with a valuable resource featuring extensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions related to heart failure. Table of Contents- Epidemiology of Heart Failure
- Inter- and Intracellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling, Hypertrophy and Dysfunction
- Inflammation and Innate Immunity
- Comorbidities and Co-Existing Conditions in Heart Failure Around Pregnancy
- Myocardial Dysfunction Associated with Cancer Therapy
- Diagnosis of Heart Failure
- Pharmacotherapy in Heart Failure (I): Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (incl. ARNI), Diuretics, Digoxin and Statins
- Pharmacotherapy in Heart Failure (II): Beta Adrenergic Blocking Drugs, Ivabradine, Hydralazine and Nitrates
- Device Therapy in the Heart Failure
- Interpretation of Clinical Trials in the Context of Personalized/Individualized Medicine and End of Life Issues
- Inpatient Therapeutic Options
- Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
- Psychological Comorbidities in Heart Failure
- Surgical Intervention on the Mitral and Tricuspid Valves in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure
- Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction
- Early Postoperative Management
- Organ Preservation and Implantation
- Patient Selection, Pretransplant Management, Donor and Recipient Matching
- Immunosuppression, Including Drug Toxicity, Interactions, New Immunosuppressants in the Pipeline
- Acute Rejection
- Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- MCS: Patient Selection
- Types of Circulatory Support Devices
- Veno-Arterial ECMO
- Bridge to Recovery (BTR)
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Part II; Management of Devices After Implantation, Incl. Complications
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