Heart failure : the expert's approach / editors, Alan S. Maisel, Gerasimos S. Filippatos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maisel, Alan S., editor.

Filippatos, Gerasimos S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart failure.

Heart failure--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (589 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is clear to every healthcare practitioner that heart failure has become a worldwide epidemic. The scourge of obesity and heart disease and the ageing of the population have certainly contributed to this phenomenon as has the longer survival following therapeutic interventions for acute myocardial infarction and cardiac disease in general. Thus, with the increasing prevalence of heart failure, it is important to examine the newest data as well, as the latest treatment paradigms. This book is written by experts, renowned in their areas of expertise, this book on heart failure takes a unique "how to do it right" approach. It covers a unique approach that incorporates our current understanding and the tremendous experience of the contributors. It has state-of-the-art topics on various aspects of Heart Failure which are relevant in order to guide the clinical practitioners. This is a well-organized content that has been divided into sections based on the various stages of patient care right from the emergency to the long-term care and management of complications. Easy-to-follow and fluid scientific information presented in a visually appealing, reader-friendly format. Well illustrated with figures and flowcharts that summarize the in-depth discussions and enhance the learning experience. It is useful for primary care physicians and practicing cardiologists.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright Page

Dedicated

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Section-1: The Emergency Department

Chapter-1: How to Evaluate Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

Chapter-2: Heart Failure Disposition: When to Admit, When to Observe, and When to Discharge Home

Chapter-3: The Treatment of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department

Chapter-4: Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved and Low Ejection Fractions

Chapter-5: How to Use Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency Department

Chapter-6: How to Use New Biomarkers in the Emergency Department

Chapter-7: The Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Heart Failure

Chapter-8: Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in the Dyspneic Patient

Chapter-9: Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Heart Failure: The Role of Noninvasive Ventilation

Chapter-10: Emergency Department Observation Unit: Management of Congestive Heart Failure

Chapter-11: When to Employ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Heart Failure

Chapter-12: When to Discharge the Heart Failure Patient

Section-2: Heart Failure in the Hospital

Chapter-13: How to Use Natriuretic Peptides in the Inpatient Setting?

Chapter-14: Approaches to Diuretics in the Hospital

Chapter-15: Vasodilators in Acute Heart Failure

Chapter-16: When and How to Use Inotropes?

Chapter-17: New Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers in Hospital Medicine: Neutrophil Gelatinaseassociated Lipocalin

Chapter-18: Practical Approach to Hyponatremia in Heart Failure

Chapter-19: Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter-20: The ABCs of Isolated Venovenous Ultrafiltration in Fluid-overloaded Heart Failure Patients.

Chapter-21: Who Should Receive a Pulmonary Artery Catheter

Section-3: Chronic Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting

Chapter-22: Outpatient Follow-up-What Should We Monitor

Chapter-23: Echocardiography: Getting It Right

Chapter-24: A Practical Guide for Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure

Chapter-25: Initiation of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Beta Blockers in Heart Failure: Putting Evidence into Practice

Chapter-26: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Patients with Heart Failure and a Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: How to Do It Right

Chapter-27: Atrial Fibrillation Done Right

Chapter-28: Ventricular Tachycardia Done Right

Chapter-29: Issues in Anticoagulation

Chapter-30: Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Chapter-31: Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: How to Choose the Right Device for the Right Patients

Chapter-32: Clinical Decision-making in the Outpatient Setting: The Use of Galectin-3

Chapter-33: Guiding Heart Failure Care with Natriuretic Peptides

Chapter-34: ST2: How to Really Do It Right

Chapter-35: Using Cardiac Troponin to Assist in the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure-A Practical Guide

Chapter-36: Biomarkers on the Horizon for Chronic Heart Failure

Section-4: Special Issues in Heart Failure

Chapter-37: Sex Differences in Heart Failure: Implications for Clinical Practice

Chapter-38: Chronic Heart Failure in Geriatric Patients

Chapter-39: How to Diagnose and Treat Anemia in Patients with Heart Failure

Chapter-40: Diabetes Management in Heart Failure

Chapter-41: Heart Failure in Europe

Chapter-42: Heart Failure in Southeast Asia

Chapter-43: Heart Failure in India.

Chapter-44: Heart Failure in India: Clinical Perspective

Chapter-45: Heart Failure in China

Chapter-46: Heart Failure from the US Veterans Health Administration Perspective: A Patientcentered Approach to Care

Chapter-47: Heart Failure in the Nursing Home Setting

Chapter-48: Heart Failure from the Nursing Perspective

Chapter-49: Developing Heart Failure Service in a Developing Nation: Borneo Malaysia Perspective

Section-5: Advanced Heart Failure

Chapter-50: Approach to the End-stage Heart Failure Patient

Chapter-51: Left Ventricular Assist Device Versus Transplantation: How to Decide

Chapter-52: Approach to Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Follow-up in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure

Chapter-53: How to Approach Palliative and End-of-life Care

Chapter-54: Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock

Section-6: Cardiomyopathies Practical Recommendations to Diagnosis and Management

Chapter-55: New Onset Cardiomyopathy: Biopsy or MRI and other Imaging Modalities

Chapter-56: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Chapter-57: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Chapter-58: Myocarditis

Chapter-59: When is Genetic Testing Necessary?

Chapter-60: AIDS-induced Cardiac Abnormalities and Heart Failure

Chapter-61: Prohormone Levels in Heart Failure

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-5250-072-5