Heart Failure : A Comprehensive Guide to Pathophysiology and Clinical Care / edited by Howard Eisen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eisen, Howard., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiology.

Local Subjects:

Cardiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 850 p. 104 illus., 81 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This book elucidates the etiology of heart failure (HF) to assist understanding in the clinical therapies available. It explains these in light of the better understanding of the pathophysiology of HF, which has translated into dramatic improvements in patient outcome. The chapters detail the causes, diagnosis and treatment of HF, and recognize that having become the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and hospitalization in the developed world, even patients with the most advanced HF have options that allow prolonged survival. This includes alternatives to cardiac transplantation, including mechanical circulatory support with a rapidly growing number of new, smaller, more reliable devices becoming available. Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Guide to Pathophysiology and Clinical Care will be critical reading for all involved in the management of these patients and provides a scientific and clinical reference for trainees in cardiovascular disease as well as physicians involved in caring for these patients.

Contents:

Molecular Changes in Heart Failure

Hemodynamics and Heart Failure

Imaging and Heart Failure

Acute and Chronic Right Ventricular Failure

Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Inhibition of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Classification, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Presentation, Physical Exam, and Laboratory Evaluation

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure –Treatment Guidelines

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment – Specific Therapies

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure – Treatment with Guideline Determined Medical Therapy and Discharge Planning

Cardiac-Oncology: Management of the Patient with Heart Failure after Chemotherapy

Atrial Arrhythmias and Heart Failure

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Heart Failure

Cardiac Defibrillators and Heart Failure

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure

Revascularization and Heart Failure

Valve Repair and Replacement in Congestive Heart Failure Patient Selection for Cardiac Transplantation

Pathophysiology of the Alloimmune Response and Immunosuppression

Antibody-Mediated Rejection

Infections After Cardiac Transplantation

Post-Transplant Complications—Hypertension, Renal Dysfunction, Diabetes Mellitus, Malignancy, Arrhythmias, Osteoporosis, Sexual Dysfunction

Patient Selection

Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support

Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation

Medical Management of the Patient with Chronic Mechanical Circulatory Support

The Total Artificial Heart

Physiology of Stem Cells

Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure

Origins of Quality Metrics

Exercise and Patients with Heart Failure

Heart Failure Management and Development of Heart Failure Programs

Inflammation and Heart Failure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781447142195