Heart Failure I

This new and thoroughly updated textbook and its companion volume elucidates the etiology of heart failure (HF) to assist understanding of the clinical therapies and surgery available. They explain these in light of the better understanding of the pathophysiology of HF, which has translated into dramatic improvements in patient outcome.

The chapters detail the causes, diagnosis and treatment of HF, recognizing that having become the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and hospitalization in the developed world, even patients with the most advanced HF have options that allow prolonged survival. This includes alternatives to cardiac transplantation, including mechanical circulatory support with a rapidly growing number of new, smaller, more reliable devices becoming available.

Heart Failure I: A Comprehensive Guide to Pathophysiology and Clinical Care remains an important reference for all involved in the management of these patients and provides a scientific and clinical resource for trainees in cardiovascular disease as well as physicians involved in caring for these patients.

Molecular Changes in Heart Failure. - Hemodynamics and Heart Failure. - Imaging and Heart Failure. - Acute and Chronic Right Ventricular Failure. - Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. - Angotensin Receptor Neprolysin Inhibitors. - Inhibition of the Sympathetic Nervous System. - Sodium Glucose Transport Protein-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitors. - Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Classification, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology. - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Presentation, Physical Exam, and Laboratory Evaluation. - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment Guidelines. - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment Specific Therapies. - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment with Guideline Directed Medical Therapy and Discharge Planning. - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy and How to Get There. - Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension: PH due to left heart disease. - Cardiac Amyloidosis. - Inherited Cardiac Conditions: Management of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patient with Heart Failure. - Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. - Atrial Arrhythmias and Heart Failure. - Ventricular Arrhythmias and Heart Failure. - Cardiac Defibrillators and Heart Failure. - Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure. - Revascularization and Heart Failure. - Valve Repair and Replacement in Congestive Heart Failure.