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The 4 Stages of Heart Failure
About This Book
This book applies practical clinical concepts to the latest four-stage model of heart failure from preclinical risk and early asymptomatic disease to classic symptomatic heart failure and finally advanced heart failure. This framework emphasizes a tailored approach to ongoing heart failure assessment to guide therapy and improve outcomes.Features: ā¢ Illustrated with over 250 full-color figuresā¢ Specific recommendations backed by clinical trial dataā¢ Practical algorithms for diagnosis and therapyTopics include: ā¢ Prevention of heart failureā¢ Identification and treatment of structural heart disease prior to heart failureā¢ How to combine lifestyle changes, medications, and devices to improve outcomesā¢ Reversing decompensated heart failureā¢ Key indicators of advanced heart failure and appropriate treatment optionsā¢ Emerging new therapies
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CHAPTER 1
Heart Failure Diagnosis and Epidemiology
Heart Failure Recognition
CLINICAL CRITERIA OF HEART FAILURE
MAJOR CRITERIA | MINOR CRITERIA |
Acute pulmonary edema | Dyspnea on exertion |
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea or orthopnea | Night cough |
Neck-vein distention | Tachycardia (> 120 beats/min) |
Rales | Pleural effusion |
S3 gallop | Hepatomegaly |
Abdominojugular reflux | Ankle edema |
Cardiomegaly on chest x-ray | Vital capacity decrease (1/3 from max) |
Increased venous pressure (> 16 cm H2O) | Weight loss* |
Weight loss* |
HEART FAILURE CLASSIFICATION
Epidemiology
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- In Gratitude
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSIS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Chapter 2 HEART FAILURE PRESENTATIONS AND FUNCTIONAL TYPES
- Chapter 3 STAGE A: PATIENTS AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
- Chapter 4 STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE AND PROGRESSION TO FAILURE: STAGES B, C, AND D
- Chapter 5 STAGE B: ASYMPTOMATIC STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
- Chapter 6 ASSESSMENT OF STAGE C PATIENTS WITH HF- r EF
- Chapter 7 ASSESSMENT OF STAGE C PATIENTS WITH HF- p EF
- Chapter 8 STAGE C: IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN SYMPTOMATIC HEART FAILURE
- Chapter 9 STAGE C: THERAPIES FOR ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE
- Chapter 10 STAGE C: CARDIORENAL SYNDROME
- Chapter 11 STAGE D HEART FAILURE: OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Chapter 12 A PATIENT-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVE TO THE 4 STAGES OF HEART FAILURE
- Appendix A: Glossary
- Appendix B: Summary of Clinical Trials of Therapy
- Index