Chronic Heart Failure
Subtitle: Pocketbook (Martin Dunitz Medical Pocket Books)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: September 3, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781853176111
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Laboratory Medicine; Medical / Laboratory Medicine; Cardiology
First sentence: Pathophysiologically, heart failure is an inability of the heart to deliver blood (and therefore oxygen) at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues despite normal cardiac filling pressures.