Heart Failure in Clinical Practice

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Henein, Michael Y. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Diabetes.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Public Health.

Over the years, there has been considerable progress in the diagnosis and management of the syndrome of heart failure, the end-stage of most cardiac diseases. While the outlook for heart failure patients is significantly improved, little has yet been achieved in prevention of the condition and much...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Definition, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
• Inherited Myocardial Diseases
• Valvular Heart Disease in Heart Failure
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart Failure with a Normal Ejection Fraction
• Right Heart Failure
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Cardiac Cachexia in Chronic Heart Failure: The Metabolic Facet of CHF
• Breathing Disturbances in Heart Failure
• Stress Echocardiography
• Echocardiography in Heart Failure
• Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging in the Assessment of Patients with Heart Failure
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Heart Failure
• Principles of Treatment and Pharmacotherapy
• Nonpharmacological Therapies
• Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Syndromes
• Natriuretic Peptides
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
• Device Therapy in Heart Failure
• The Role of Surgery in Heart Failure.