Device Therapy in Heart Failure

Device Therapy in Heart Failure

Heart failure affects over 5 million patients in the United States alone, and is a chronic and debilitating disease. While a number of pharmacologic therapies have shown varying degrees of effectiveness, many recent advances in the treatment of heart failure has focused on device based therapies. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Maisel, William H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
Series:Contemporary Cardiology
Subjects:
Medicine.
Cardiology.
Medicine & Public Health.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
  • Medical Therapy for Heart Failure
  • Device Trials in Chronic Heart Failure: Implications of Trial Design
  • The FDA Perspective on Heart Failure Devices
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring in Heart Failure
  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • Pacing and Defibrillation for Atrial Arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
  • Percutaneous Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
  • Percutaneous Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease
  • Percutaneous Management of Valvular Heart Disease
  • Ventricular Assist Devices and Total Artificial Hearts
  • Device Therapy for Left Ventricular Dysfunction.

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