Heart failure
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and treatment
By: editor, G. William Dec ; associate editors, Thomas Disalvo, Roger J. Hajjar, and Marc J. Semingran
Series: Fundamental and clinical cardiology -- 50; Fundamental and clinical cardiology -- v. 50.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9781420030860
Subjects: Heart; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Heart failure; Physiopathology; MEDICAL; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathies; Therapy; Diagnosis; Congestive Heart Failure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cellular and molecular basis for heart failure. The genetics of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies / Calum A. MacRae. Molecular signaling networks underlying cardiac hypertrophy and failure / Jeffery D. Molkentin and Thomas Force. Mechanisms of cell death in heart failure / Jagat Narula and Anthony Rosenzweig. Excitation-contraction coupling mechanisms in heart failure / Federica del Monte and Roger J. Hajjar. [Beta]-adrenergic signaling in heart failure / Stefan Engelhardt; title: Pathophysiology of heart failure. Ventricular remodeling and secondary valvular dysfunction in heart failure progression / Judy Hung ... [et al.] Neurohormonal and cytokine activation in heart failure / Dennis M. McNamara. Cardiomyopathies in the adult (dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive) / Richard Rodeheffer. Heart failure with normal systolic function / Johan Sundström and Ramachandran S. Vasan; title: Clinical heart failure: diagnosis and treatment. The clinical syndrome of heart failure / Thomas DiSalvo. Clinical profiles and prognosis in heart failure / Lynne Warner Stevenson and Paul Zei. Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure: diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and digoxin / G. William Dec. Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure: beta-adrenergic blockers / G. William Dec. Angiotensin receptor blockers for heart failure / John G.F. Cleland ... [et al.] Role of mineralcorticoid antagonists in patients with heart failure / Bertram Pitt and Sanjay Rajagopalan. New pharmacologic therapies in heart failure: immunotherapy, endothelin-1 antagonists, brain natriuretic peptides, and neurohormonal interventions / Cynthia K. Wallace, Kumudha Ramasubbu, and Guillermo Torre-Amione. Treatment of diastolic heart failure / William H. Gaasch and Theo E. Meyer. Cardiac resynchronization therapy / William T. Abraham. Management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure / Usha Tedrow and William G. Stevenson. Heart failure in special populations / Clyde W. Yancy. Practice guidelines for heart failure management / Thomas H. Lee; title: Surgical options for heart failure. Coronary revascularization, mitral valve repair, left ventricular remodeling, procedures and devices / Patrick M. McCarthy, Katherine J. Hoercher, and Richard Lee. Long term mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation / Peter C. Kouretas, Susan Moffatt-Bruce, and Robert C. Robbins; title: Molecular therapies. Targeted gene transfer in heart failure / Roger J. Hajjar and Anthony Rosenzweig. Cellular transplantation / Philippe Menasché.