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Lead editor of Braunwald's Heart Disease, Dr. Douglas L. Mann, and nationally and internationally recognized heart failure expert Dr. G. Michael Felker, bring you the latest, definitive state-of-the art information on heart failure in this outstanding Braunwald's companion volume. Heart Failure, 3rd Edition, keeps you current with recent developments in the field, improved patient management strategies, and new drug therapies and implantable devices that will make a difference in your patients' lives and in your practice. Braunwald's Heart Failure Companion also has an on-line version that is updated with late-breaking clinical trials, "Hot Off the Press" commentary and Focused Reviews that are relevant to heart failure. "Heart Failure will be of enormous interest and value to clinicians, investigators, and trainees who are concerned with enriching their understanding of and caring for the ever growing number of patients with this condition. We are proud of this important companion to Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine." Foreword by: Eugene Braunwald, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby and Robert O. Bonow, Feb 2015Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Compatible with Kindle , nook , and other popular devices. Use this Braunwald's companion as the definitive source to prepare for the ABIM's new Heart Failure board exam.Access the fully searchable contents of the book online at expertconsult.com.This edition includes 67 new authors, who are experts in the field of heart failure Stay on the cutting edge with new chapters on:The latest practice guidelines for medical and device therapy Hemodynamic assessment of heart failureContemporary medical therapy for heart failure patients with reduced and preserved ejection fractionBiomarkers in heart failure Pulmonary hypertensionManagement of co-morbidities in heart failureMechanical cardiac support devicesGet up to speed with the latest clinical trials, as well as how they have influenced current practice guidelines Explore what's changing in key areas such as basic mechanisms of heart failure, genetic screening, cell and gene therapies, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure prevention, co-morbid conditions, telemedicine/remote monitoring, and palliative care
Contents
Section 1. Basic Mechanisms of Heart Failure1. Molecular Basis for Heart Failure2. Cellular Basis for Heart Failure3. Cellular Basis for Myocardial Regeneration and Repair4. Myocardial Basis for Heart Failure: Role of Cardiac InterstitiumSection 2. Mechanisms of Disease Progression in Heart Failure5. Molecular Signaling Mechanisms of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Heart Failure6. Adrenergic Receptor Signaling in Heart Failure7. Role of Innate Immunity in Heart Failure8. Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure9. Alterations in Ventricular Function in Systolic Heart Failure10. Alterations in Ventricular Function: Diastolic Heart Failure11. Alterations in Ventricular Structure: Role of Left Ventricular Remodeling and Reverse Remodeling in Heart Failure12. Alterations in the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems in Heart Failure13. Alterations in the Peripheral Circulation in Heart Failure14. Alterations in Kidney Function Associated with Heart Failure15. Alterations in Skeletal Muscle in Heart Failure16. Alterations in Cardiac MetabolismSection 3. Etiological Basis for Heart Failure17. Epidemiology of Heart Failure18. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Ischemic Heart Disease19. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy20. The Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy21. Heart Failure As A Consequence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 22. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Genetic Cardiomyopathy23. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Hypertension24. Heart Failure As A Consequence of Valvular Heart Disease 25. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Congenital Heart Disease 26. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Viral and Non-viral Myocarditis27. Heart Failure in the Developing World Section 4. Clinical Assessment of Heart Failure28. Clinical Evaluation of Heart Failure29. Cardiac Imaging In Heart Failure30. The Use of Biomarkers in the Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure31. Hemodynamics in Heart FailureSection 5. Therapy for Heart Failure32. Disease Prevention in Heart Failure33. Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure34. Contemporary Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction35. Management of Arrhythmias and Device Therapy in Heart Failure36. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction37. Management of Heart Failure in Special Populations: Older Patients, Women, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups38. Stem Cell-Based and Gene Therapies in Heart Failure39. Pulmonary Hypertension40. Cardiac Transplantation41. Surgical Treatment of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure42. Circulatory Assist Devices in Heart Failure43. Managing Heart Failure in Cancer Patients44. Disease Management in Heart Failure 45. Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure for the third edition of Heart Failure 46. Measuring Quality Outcomes in Heart Failure47. Decision Making and Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure
