Third Edition
by Jeffrey D. Hosenpud
Congestive Heart Failure is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference on all basic and clinical aspects of heart failure.
Congestive Heart Failure features up-to-date chapters on:
- Impact and treatment of comorbidities
- Prevention of sudden cardiac death
- Rationale for use of anticoagulants
- Ultrafiltration
- Use of mechanical devices
- Gene and cell therapy
Contents
Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
- Epidemiology of Heart Failure
- Cellular and Molecular Abnormalitites in Failing Cardiac Myocytes
- Determinants of Cardiac Remodeling and Progression to Heart Failure
- Cytoskeletal Abnormalities in Cardiocytes During Heart Failure
- Abnormalities in Calcium Cycling in Heart Failure
- Abnormalities in Cardiac Contraction: Systolic Dysfunction
- Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction
- Cellular, Molecular, and Structural Changes During Cardiac Remodeling
- Remodeling of the Cardiac Interstitium in Heart Failure
- The Renin-Angiotensin System
- Sympathetic Nervous System in Heart Failure
- Other Neurohormonal Systems
- Cytolines as Mediators of Disease Progression in the Failing Heart
- The Peripheral Circulation in Heart Failure
- The Kidney in the Heart Failure
Differential Diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure
- Risk Factors for Heart Failure
- Heart Failure Secondary to Coronary Artery Disease
- The Cardiomyopathic and Inflammatory Diseases
- Congestive Heart Failure as a Consequence of Valvular Heart Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease
- Right Heart Failure
- Heart Failure in Cardiac Tamponade, Constrictive Pericarditis, and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Pharmacologic Therapy of Heart Failure
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics in Congestive Heart Failure
- Traditional Diuretics and Other Diuresing Agents
- Digital Glycosides
- Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldostrone System in Chronic Heart Failure: Rationale, Results, and Current Recommendations
- Vasodilators
- Beta-Blocker Therapy for Heart Failure
- Inotropic Agents
Clinical Approach to Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
- Primary Prevention of Heart Failure
- Physical Examination in Heart Failure
- Natriuretic Peptides as Biomakers to Detect, Risk-Stratify, and Manage Patients with Heart Failure
- Noninvasive Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of the Patient with Heart Failure
- Management of Acute and Decompensated Heart Failure
- The Medical Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients with Systolic Dysfuction
- Biventricular Pacing in Congestive Heart Failure
- The Heart Failure Clinic
- Exercise and Rehabilitation in Congestive Heart Failure
- Impact and Treatment of Comorbidities in Heart Failure
- Management fo Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure
- Prevention of Sudden Death in Heart Failure
- Pathogenesis and Therapy of Thrombosis in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
- Ultrafilitration Therapies for Congestive Heart Failure
- Surgical Approaches to Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure
- Use of Mechanical Devices in Treating Heart Failure
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Strategies for Gene and Cell Therapy in Heart Failure
- End-of-Life Considerations
- Future Directions
Index
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