Management of Heart Failure Volume 1: Medical /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baliga, Ragavendra R. (Editor), Pitt, Bertram (Editor), Givertz, Michael M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Critical care medicine.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Management of Heart Failure has been conceived as a rapid but comprehensive review for practitioners of all persuasions involved in the management of patients with heart failure. Heart failure is a problem of epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. State of the art treatment may not be acces...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology of Heart Failure
• Mechanisms of Disease
• Diagnostic Testing and the Assessment of Heart Failure
• Nonpharmacologic Management of Heart Failure
• Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Patients with Heart Failure
• Neurohormonal Blockade in Heart Failure
• Early Medical Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
• Management of Arrhythmias in Heart Failure
• Device Therapy in Heart Failure
• Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure
• Evaluation for Ventricular Assist Devices and Cardiac Transplantation.