This volume presents a fresh international perspective on current approaches to treating heart failure. An accessible reference for hospital-based specialists, the book provides an update on recent advances in therapeutics and pharmacology, as well as ongoing trials. Four major sections concentrate on a review of screening, assessment and diagnosis; an update on drug treatments; an update on device therapy; and a description of best practice recommendations for managing clinically challenging cases
Tabella dei contenuti
List of contributors.
Section 1 Prevention and evaluation of heart failure.
1 Preventing heart failure (Barry H. Greenberg, MD and Denise
D. Barnard, MD).
2 Biomarkers in heart failure (Leo Slavin, MD, Thomas K. Ro,
MD and Alan S. Maisel, MD, FACC).
3 Imaging the failing heart (Nico R. Van de Veire, MD, Ph D
and Jeroen J. Bax, MD, Ph D).
Section 2 Treatment modalities.
4 Neurohormonal blocking agents in the treatment of patients
with left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure (Ruchika
Dutta, MD and Barry H. Greenberg, MD).
5 Digoxin, diuretics, and vasodilators in heart failure (Dawn
Lombardo, MD).
6 Management of comorbidity in chronic heart failure (Justin
A. Ezekowitz, MBBCh, MSc, FRCPC and Michael A. Mc Donald, MD,
FRCPC).
7 Emerging therapies for heart failure (Barry H. Greenberg,
MD and John G.F. Cleland, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC).
Section 3 Device and anti-arrhythmic therapy of heart
failure.
8 Preventing sudden cardiac arrest in the heart failure patient
(Sanjiv M. Narayan, MB, MD, FRCP, FACC).
9 Cardiac resynchronization therapy: indications for treatment
and strategies for optimizing results (Sanjiv M. Narayan, MB,
MD, FRCP, FACC).
10 Treatment of atrial arrhythmias in heart failure patients
(Mark D. O’Neill, MB, BCh, BAO, DPhil; Matthew Wright, MBBS,
Ph D; Pierre Jais, MD; Sebastien Knecht, MD; Isabelle Nault,
MD; Seiichiro Matsuo, MD; Shinsuke Miyazaki, MD; Andrej Pernat, MD;
Amir Jadidi, MD; Frederic Sacher, MD; D. Wyn Davies, MD, FRCP,
FHRS; Jacques Cl´ementy, MD; Michel Haissaguerre, MD and
M´el`eze Hocini, MD).
11 Devices for following heart failure patients (Philip B.
Adamson, MD, FACC).
Section 4 Individualizing treatment of heart failure.
12 Recognising and managing the patient with heart failure and
preserved ejection fraction (Margaret M. Redfield, MD).
13 Treating systolic heart failure (Vijay U. Rao, MD, Ph D and
John R. Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC).
14 Treatment of acutely decompensated heart failure (John R.
Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC).
15 Management of advanced heart failure (Ronald
Freudenberger, MD).
Index.
Circa l’autore
Barry Greenberg, University of California San Diego
Denise Barnard, University of California San Diego
Sanjiv Narayan, University of California San Diego
John Teerlink, University of California San Diego
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