Full Description
Heart failure is a major cardiovascular problem, and a problem with a growing patient population. With better management of heart failure, patients are living longer and demanding a better quality of life. This comprehensive text is one of the latest additions to "Companions to Braunwalds Heart Disease". Written by world experts in the field, it uses a clinical approach to a variety of problems associated with heart failure, including its causes, mechanisms, assessments, and therapy. This book is a complete and practical guide and an essential reference for many clinician.
Contents
I. Basic Mechanisms of Heart Failure Chapter 1: Evolving Concepts in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure - Arnold Katz Chapter 2: Molecular Basis for Heart Failure - Seigo Izumo & William Pu Chapter 3: Myocyte Abnormalities in the Human Heart Failure - Kenneth B. Margulies & Steven R. Houser Chapter 4: Myocardial Basis for Heart Failure: Role of the Cardiac Interstitium - Sajeevani K. Gunasinghe & Francis G. Spinale Chapter 5: Myocardial Basis for Heart Failure: Role of Cell Death - Piero Anversa, Annarosa Leri & Jan Kajstura Chapter 6: Energetic Basis for Heart Failure - Joanne S. Ingwall Chapter 7: Role of the Peripheral Circulation and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction - Helmut Drexler & Burkhard Hornig II. Mechanisms of Disease Progression in Heart Failure Chapter 8: Heart Failure as a Progressive Disease -Douglas L. Mann Chapter 9: Activation of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure - Louis J. Dell'Italia & Karim Sabri Chapter 10: Adrenergic Receptor Signaling in Chronic Heart Failure - J. David Port, Jennifer Linseman & Michael R. Bristow Chapter 11: Activation of Inflammatory Mediators in Heart Failure - Douglas L. Mann Chapter 12: Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure - Douglas B. Sawyer & Wilson S. Colucci Chapter 13: Systolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure -David A. Kass Chapter 14: Alterations in Ventricular Function: Diastolic Heart Failure - Michael R. Zile & Catalin F. Baicu Chapter 15: Alterations in Ventricular Structure: Role of Left Ventricular Remodeling - Inder S. Anand & Viorel G. Florea Chapter 16: Alterations in the Sympathetic And Parasympathetic Nervous System in Heart Failure - John S. Floras Chapter 17: Kidney in Heart Failure: The Cardiorenal Axis in the Regulation of Sodium Homeostasis - John C. Burnett, Jr., Lisa Costello & Guido Boerrigter Chapter 18: Alterations in the Skeletal Muscle In Heart Failure - Thierry H. Le Jemtel, Maryjane Farr & Robert Moskowitz Chapter 19: Alterations in Pulmonary and Diaphragmatic Function in Heart Failure - Donna M. Mancini & Chim C. Lang Chapter 20: Myocardial Energy Metabolism In Heart Failure - Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Peter Razeghi & Martin E. Young III. Etiological Basis for Heart Failure Chapter 21: Update of the Epidemiology of Heart Failure - William B. Kanel & RS Vasan Chapter 22: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease - Mihai Gheorghiade & Robert O. Bonow Chapter 23: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Biykem Bozkurt & Douglas L. Mann Chapter 24: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Genetic Cardiomyopathy - Jeffrey A. Towbin & N.E. Bowles Chapter 25: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Hypertension - Thomas D. Giles Chapter 26: Valvular Heart Disease and Heart Failure - Blase A. Carabello Chapter 27: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - A. J. Mariann & Robert Roberts Chapter 28: Heart Failure as a Consequence Of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Dennis M. McNamara & Arthur Feldman Chapter 29: Recent Advances in Viral Myocarditis Leading to Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Peter Liu, Dante Cerullo, Tej Sheth & Mary Anne Opavsky IV. Clinical Assessment of Heart Failure Chapter 30: Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders In Heart Failure - Sharokh Javaheri Chapter 31: The Prognosis of Heart Failure - James B. Young Chapter 32: Clinical Evaluation of Heart Failure - Gary S. Francis & W.H. Wilson Tang Chapter 33: Electrophysiologic Evaluation Of Patients with Heart Failure - William Stevenson Chapter 34: Clinical Trial Design in Heart Failure - John Teerlink V. Therapy for Heart Failure Chapter 35: Development and Implementation of Heart Failure Practice Guidelines - Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr. Chapter 36: Management of Acute Decompensation - Lynne Warner Stevenson Chapter 37: Management of Volume Overload In Heart Failure - Stephen Gottlieb Chapter 38: Antagonism of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Heart Failure - Marvin A. Konstam & Richard D. Patten Chapter 39: Antagonism of the beta-Adrenergic Receptors in Heart Failure Patients - Eric J. Eichhorn & Michael R. Bristow Chapter 40: Emerging Strategies in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure - Anita Deswal, William R. MacLellan, Philip Barger & Douglas L. Mann Chapter 41: Management of Thrombosis In Heart Failure - John G.F. Cleland Chapter 42: Arrhythmias in Heart Failure And Cardiomyopathy - Philip J. Podrid Chapter 43: Cardiac Transplantation - Guillermo Torre-Amione, Michael Koerner, Kevin Lisman & Vinay Thohan Chapter 44: Surgical Treatment of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure - Randall C. Starling, Patrick M. McCarthy & Mohamad H. Yamani Chapter 45: Mechanical Circulatory Support In Patients with Heart Failure - Reynolds M. Delgado, III, O.H. Frazier, Peter Razeghi & Heinrich Taegtmeyer Chapter 46: Exercise in Heart Failure: A Review of Current Applications for Testing And Training - Ileana L. Pina & Jose Ortiz
