Congestive Heart Failure is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference on all basic and clinical aspects of heart failure.

Congestive Heart Failure features up-to-date chapters on:

• Impact and treatment of comorbidities
• Prevention of sudden cardiac death
• Rationale for use of anticoagulants
• Ultrafiltration
• Use of mechanical devices
• Gene and cell therapy

Contents

Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure

• Epidemiology of Heart Failure
• Cellular and Molecular Abnormalitites in Failing Cardiac Myocytes
• Determinants of Cardiac Remodeling and Progression to Heart Failure
• Cytoskeletal Abnormalities in Cardiocytes During Heart Failure
• Abnormalities in Calcium Cycling in Heart Failure
• Abnormalities in Cardiac Contraction: Systolic Dysfunction
• Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction
• Cellular, Molecular, and Structural Changes During Cardiac Remodeling
• Remodeling of the Cardiac Interstitium in Heart Failure
• The Renin-Angiotensin System
• Sympathetic Nervous System in Heart Failure
• Other Neurohormonal Systems
• Cytolines as Mediators of Disease Progression in the Failing Heart
• The Peripheral Circulation in Heart Failure
• The Kidney in the Heart Failure

Differential Diagnosis of Congestive Heart Failure

• Risk Factors for Heart Failure
• Heart Failure Secondary to Coronary Artery Disease
• The Cardiomyopathic and Inflammatory Diseases
• Congestive Heart Failure as a Consequence of Valvular Heart Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease
• Right Heart Failure
• Heart Failure in Cardiac Tamponade, Constrictive Pericarditis, and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Pharmacologic Therapy of Heart Failure

• Clinical Pharmacokinetics in Congestive Heart Failure
• Traditional Diuretics and Other Diuresing Agents
• Digital Glycosides
• Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldostrone System in Chronic Heart Failure: Rationale, Results, and Current Recommendations
• Vasodilators
• Beta-Blocker Therapy for Heart Failure
• Inotropic Agents

Clinical Approach to Acute and Chronic Heart Failure

• Primary Prevention of Heart Failure
• Physical Examination in Heart Failure
• Natriuretic Peptides as Biomakers to Detect, Risk-Stratify, and Manage Patients with Heart Failure
• Noninvasive Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of the Patient with Heart Failure
• Management of Acute and Decompensated Heart Failure
• The Medical Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients with Systolic Dysfuction
• Biventricular Pacing in Congestive Heart Failure
• The Heart Failure Clinic
• Exercise and Rehabilitation in Congestive Heart Failure
• Impact and Treatment of Comorbidities in Heart Failure
• Management fo Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure
• Prevention of Sudden Death in Heart Failure
• Pathogenesis and Therapy of Thrombosis in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
• Ultrafilitration Therapies for Congestive Heart Failure
• Surgical Approaches to Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure
• Use of Mechanical Devices in Treating Heart Failure
• Cardiac Transplantation
• Strategies for Gene and Cell Therapy in Heart Failure
• End-of-Life Considerations
• Future Directions

Index

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