Living well with heart failure, the misnamed, misunderstood disease
By: Edward K. Kasper and Mary Knudson.
Contributors: Knudson, Mary.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801894220; 9780801894237
Subjects: Heart failure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is this thing called heart failure?; title: Coronary artery disease : the major cause of heart failure; title: Cardiomyopathy : a leading cause of heart failure; title: Diagnosing heart failure and its causes; title: Drug treatments; title: Conversations of the heart : arrhythmias and pacemakers; title: Straight talk about sudden death : should I get an implantable cardioverter defibrillator?; title: Surgical treatments; title: Device treatments for the critically ill; title: Getting a new heart; title: Future therapies; title: Nutrition and heart failure, by Samantha Heller, MS, RN, CDN; title: Exercise : how much and what kind?; title: The patient-doctor therapeutic relationship; title: What you need to know about the hospital; title: Heart failure in elderly people; title: What you can do for yourself; title: Where to find more information.