Management of heart failure
By: edited by Barry Greenberg ... [et al.].
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470753798
Description: "This volume present 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."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: (Publisher-supplied data) Chapter 1. Preventing heart failure / Barry Greenberg, MD and Denise Barnard, MD; title: Chapter 2. Biomarkers in heart failure / Leo Slavin, MDa, Thomas K. Ro, MDa and Alan S. Maisel, MD, FACCa,b; title: Chapter 3. Imaging the failing heart / Nico R. Van de Veire, MD, PhD and Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD; title: Chapter 4. Neurohormonal blocking agents in treatment of patients with left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure / Ruchika Dutta, MD and Barry Greenberg MD; title: Chapter 5. Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Heart Failure / Dawn Lombardo, MD; title: Chapter 6. Management of Comorbidity in Chronic Heart Failure / Justin A. Ezekowitz, MBBCh, MSc,, FRCPC and Michael A. McDonald, MD, FRCPC; title: Chapter 7. Emerging Therapies For Heart Failure / Barry Greenberg, MD and John G.F. Cleland, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC; title: Chapter 8. Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Heart Failure Patient / Sanjiv Narayan, M.D; title: Chapter 9. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Indications For Treatment and Strategies for Optimizing Results / Sanjiv Narayan, M.D; title: Chapter 10. Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias in Heart Failure / Mark D. O'Neill, MB BCh BAO DPhil; Matthew Wright MBBS, PhD, Pierre Jas, MD, Sebastien Knecht MD, Isabelle Nault, MD; Seiichiro Matsuo MD, Shinsuke Miyazaki, MD; Andrej Pernat, MD, Amir Jadidi, M.D; Sei Matsuo, MD, Frederic Sacher, MD; D. Wyn Davies MD FRCP, FHRS, Jacques Clementy, MD; Michel Haessaguerre, MD; Meleze Hocini; title: Chapter 11. Devices for Following Heart Failure Patients / Phil Adamson , MD; title: Chapter 12. Recognizing and Managing the Patient With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction / Margaret Redfield M.D; title: Chapter 13. Treating systolic heart failure / Vijay U. Rao, MD, PhD1 and John R. Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC2; title: Chapter 14. Treatment of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure / John Teerlink, M.D.; title: Chapter 15. Management of Advanced Heart Failure / Ronald Freudenberger, MD.