Main description:

This book provides the most recent advances in the management of heart failure.

Presented in a "how to" approach, each chapter presents an algorithm that summarises the topic in discussion. The comprehensive text covers all aspects of heart failure treatment, from emergency care, through to long term care and management of complications.

Authored by experts renowned in the field, led by Alan Maisel from University of California, this highly useful reference is enhanced by clinical illustrations and figures to assist learning.

Key Points

Comprehensive guide to latest advances in management of heart failure
Each chapter includes algorithm summarising the topic
Covers all aspects of heart failure
Authored by recognised experts in the field

Contents:

How to Evaluate Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Heart Failure Disposition: When to Admit, When to Observe, and When to Discharge Home
Using Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency Department
The Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Heart Failure
Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in the Dyspneic Patient
Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Heart Failure: The Role of Noninvasive
When to Employ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac, Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Heart Failure
When to Discharge the Heart Failure Patient
Approaches to Diuretics in the Hospital
Vasodilators in Acute Heart Failure
When and How to Use Inotropes?
Practical Approach to Hyponatremia in Heart Failure
Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Echocardiography: Getting It Right
Initiation of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and, Beta Blockers in Heart Failure: Putting Evidence into Practice
Atrial Fibrillation Done Right
Ventricular Tachycardia Done Right
Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: How to Choose the Right Device for the Right Patients
Clinical Decision-making in the Outpatient Setting: The Use of Galectin-3
ST2: How to Really Do It Right
Using Cardiac Troponin to Assist in the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure-A Practical Guide
Heart Failure in the Nursing Home Setting
Heart Failure from the Nursing Perspective
Left Ventricular Assist Device Versus Transplantation: How to Decide
Approach to Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Follow-up in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure
How to Approach Palliative and End-of-life Care
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis
AIDS-induced Cardiac Abnormalities and Heart Failure
New onset Cardiomyopathy: Biopsy or MRI and other Imaging Modalities