Current Approach to Heart Failure edited by Maria Dorobanţu, Frank Ruschitzka, Marco Metra.

This book is intended to be a link between guidelines and clinical practice, a complementary tool to help physicians to be well informed regarding the important field of heart failure. It will be a useful tool for professionals from all the fields of cardiology: non-invasive cardiology, intervention...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dorobanţu, Maria (Editor), Ruschitzka, Frank (Editor), Metra, Marco (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evolving concepts on the basic mechanisms of heart failure
  • Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction
  • Right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure
  • The role of atrial functional assessment in heart failure
  • Assessment of secondary mitral regurgitation
  • Assessment of left ventricular contractile reserve in heart failure
  • Role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in heart failure
  • The evolving role of multimodality imaging in heart failure
  • Contemporary pharmacological treatment of heart failure
  • Myocardial revascularization in heart failure
  • Approach to arrhythmia in heart failure
  • Implantable defibrillator therapy
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Mechanical circulatory support
  • Cell and gene therapy in heart failure
  • Valvular Surgery in Heart Failure
  • Percutaneous Valvular Therapies in Heart Failure
  • Pretransplant evaluation
  • Strategies for improving outcomes in heart transplantation
  • Heart failure and hypertension
  • Right heart failure
  • Acute heart failure
  • Heart failure in oncologic patients
  • Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
  • The kidney and electrolyte imbalances in heart failure
  • Prognostic factors and risk scores in heart failure
  • Rehabilitation therapy in patients with heart failure.  .