Acute Heart Failure Putting the Puzzle of Pathophysiology and Evidence Together in Daily Practice /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Krüger, Wolfgang (Συγγραφέας), Ludman, Andrew J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Anesthesiology.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Human Physiology.

Acute heart failure is a potentially life threatening situation where correct, rapid therapy can have a life saving impact. In this rapidly changing area of medicine this text aims to bring the latest understanding of the pathophysiology together with a practical guide to diagnosis and management us...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Cardiac physiology of acute heart failure syndromes
• 1.1 Cardiac performance
• 1.2 The fundamental equation of the circulation
• 1.3 Preload
• 1.4 Haemodynamic monitoring
• 1.5 Afterload
• 1.6 Contractility
• 1.7 Heart rate and contractility
• 1.8 Diastolic ventricular interaction (DVI)
• 1.9 Ventriculo-arterial coupling
• 1.10 Evaluation and assessment of cardiac performance
• 1.11 Summary
• 2 Acute heart failure syndromes
• 2.1 Definition
• 2.2 Classification of acute heart failure syndromes
• 2.3 Aetiology and epidemiology
• 2.4 Pathophysiology
• 2.5 Data on clinical presentation and diagnosis
• 2.6 Therapy
• 2.7 Valvular heart disease presenting as heart failure
• 2.8 Summary
• 3 Cardiogenic shock
• 3.1 Definition
• 3.2 Epidemiology
• 3.3 Aetiology
• 3.4 Pathophysiological aspects and special features
• 3.5 Clinical features and diagnostic remarks
• 3.6 Therapy
• 3.7 Summary
• 4 Acute right heart failure
• 4.1 Definition
• 4.2 Epidemiology and aetiology
• 4.3 Physiological and pathophysiological aspects
• 4.4 Diagnostic aspects
• 4.5 Therapy
• 4.6 Summary
• 5 Heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (HFNEF)
• 5.1 Definition
• 5.2 Epidemiology and aetiology
• 5.3 Pathophysiology
• 5.4 Clinical Features
• 5.5 Therapeutic considerations
• 5.6 Summary. .