Full Description
In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Dustin T. Smith and Mahmoud H. Abdou bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Heart Failure Evaluation and Care: Acute and Chronic Disease. Top experts discuss heart failure evaluation and care for the internist, including acute and chronic conditions, testing, palliative care, pharmacology, and much more.
Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including heart failure pharmacology; worsening heart failure; updates on advanced heart failure therapeutic options and palliative care; addressing comorbidities in heart failure; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on heart failure evaluation and care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Contents
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
In-Hospital Management of Acute Heart Failure
Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy
Optimal Diuretic Strategies for Chronic Heart Failure
Cardiogenic Shock and Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support
Mortality and Economic Impact of Heart Failure
Heart Failure Transitional Care and Ambulatory Monitoring
Worsening Heart Failure
Diagnostic and Prognostic Testing in Heart Failure
Addressing Comorbidities in Heart Failure
Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Heart Disease and Chronic Right Ventricular Failure
Advanced Heart Failure-Where Do We Go From Here?: Therapeutic Options and Palliative Care
