Heart Failure, Second Edition has been updated to provide the latest advancements in heart failure research. Supplemented by more than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations, the book helps cardiologists and emergency care physicians quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient's cardiac impairment.New topics in this edit

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Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9781420077018

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Front Cover
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. A brief primer on the development of the heart
Chapter 2. The genetics of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
Chapter 3. Molecular signaling networks underlying cardiac hypertrophy and failure
Chapter 4. Excitation–contraction couplingin the normal and failing heart
Chapter 5. Myocardial energetics and metabolism in the failing heart
Chapter 6. Animal models of heart failure
Chapter 7. Ventricular remodeling and secondary valvular dysfunction in heart failure progression
Chapter 8. Neurohormonal and cytokine activation in heart failure
Chapter 9. Cardiomyopathies in the adult
Chapter 10. Water and salt: The cardiorenal syndrome
Chapter 11. The clinical syndrome of heart failure
Chapter 12. Clinical profiles and bedside assessment
Chpater 13. Prognosis in heart failure
Chapter 14. Biomarkers in heart failure
Chapter 15. Noninvasive imaging modalities for the evaluation of heart failure
Chapter 16. Role of invasive monitoring in heart failure: Pulmonary artery catheters in the post-ESCAPE era
Chapter 17. Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure: Diuretics, vasodilators, and digoxin
Chapter 18. Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure: Beta-adrenergic blockers
Chapter 19. Angiotensin receptor blockers for heart failure
Chapter 20. Anticoagulation in systolic heart failure
Chapter 21. Role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with heart failure
Chapter 22. Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Chapter 23. Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Chapter 24. Management of atrial and ventricularar rhythmias in heart failure
Chapter 25. Ultrafiltration for the management of volume overload
Chapter 26. Heart failure and palliative care
Chapter 27. Gene therapy for heart failure
Back Cover