Full Description
This book discusses the investigation, clinical diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, the biggest cardiovascular disorder in industrialized countries.
Contents
1. Heart FailureFailure 3. Clinical Diagnosis of Heart Failure 4. The Investigation of Heart Failure 5. Treatment: Diuretics 6. Digoxin in Heart Failure 7. Treatment: Inhibitors of the Renin Angiotensin System 8. Inhibitors of the Sympathetic Nervous System 9. Other Treatment Strategies : a Non-Pharmacological Approach 10. Specialist Nurse-Intervention in Chronic Heart Failure 11. The Patient with Intractable Heart Failure - a Practical Guide to Management