Main description:

Medical Management of Heart Failure will provide the full spectrum of medical options, ICU management and rehabilitation, while also prepare the reader for the second volume of Comprehensive Management of Heart Failure by introducing the surgical options in heart failure from transplant to the more noninvasive procedures in the interventional radiology department. The contributing authors are all key opinion leaders in the medical management of heart failure. This volume is designed to integrate with its sister surgery title, but also alone be the definitive guide to the medical management of heart failure.

Feature:

Most current review of all medical options for managing patients with heart failure

Completely integrated with its sister surgery title and yet a comprehensive standalone reference work for the medical management of heart failure

Back cover:

Management of Heart Failure has been conceived as a rapid but comprehensive review for practitioners of all persuasions involved in the management of patients with heart failure. Heart failure is a problem of epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. State of the art treatment may not be accessible to all, but simply creating an awareness of simple methods of diagnosis and treatment would assist in promoting a better global response to this epidemic.

This practical volume, written by a panel of world-renown cardiology experts, focuses on the medical management of heart failure and outlines the causes, etiopathology and mechanisms in such a way that most health care professionals can grasp the concepts. The book details the common investigations, clinical profiles and therapeutic paths required of all clinicians with these patients under their care.

This volume will be essential reading for all specialists dealing with patients with or who are at risk of heart failure, including but not limited to cardiologists, emergency medicine physicians, critical care physicians, interventionalists and cardiac surgeons.

Contents:

Epidemiology of Heart Failure.- Mechanisms of Disease.- Diagnostic Testing and the Assessment of Heart Failure.- Nonpharmacologic Management of Heart Failure.- Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Patients with Heart Failure.- Neurohormonal Blockade in Heart Failure.- Early Medical Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes.- Management of Arrhythmias in Heart Failure.- Device Therapy in Heart Failure.- Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure.- Evaluation for Ventricular Assist Devices and Cardiac Transplantation.