Full Description
This manual is a comprehensive guide to heart failure for clinicians. Beginning with an introduction to its epidemiology and diagnosis, the following sections provide in depth discussion on the most recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of different aspects of heart failure. The final chapters cover cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and therapies and palliative care for end stage heart failure.
Written by internationally recognised specialists from the University of Iowa, this practical guide includes more than 200 images and illustrations.
Key points
Comprehensive guide to heart failure for practising cardiologists
Includes chapter on cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Internationally recognised author team
More than 200 images and illustrations
Contents
Heart Failure: Epidemiology
Heart Failure: Diagnosis
Systolic Heart Failure (Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction)
Diastolic Heart Failure (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction)
Anemia in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure (Prevalence, Mechanism, Significance and Treatment)
Hyponatremia and Congestive Heart Failure
Cardiorenal Syndrome: The Interplay between Cardiac and Renal Function in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Training in Heart Failure
Hibernating Myocardium
Advanced Cardiac Therapies for End Stage Heart Failure: Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care in Heart Failure
