Atlas of heart failure : cardiac function and dysfunction /

Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of normal cardiac function, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the therapeutic approaches that are available to manage the syndrome. Designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Colucci, Wilson S., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Current Medicine, [2005]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Molecular and Cellular Basis of Contraction and Relaxation
  • 2 Physiology of Myocardial Contraction
  • 3 The Etiologic Basis of Congestive Heart Failure
  • 4 Molecular and Cellular Events in Myocardial Hypertrophy and Failure
  • 5 Cardiac Remodeling and Its Prevention
  • 6 Neurohumoral, Renal, and Vascular Adjustments in Heart Failure
  • 7 Assessment of Heart Failure
  • 8 Prognostic Indicators and Assessment of Therapeutic Responses
  • 9 Unstable Heart Failure
  • 10 Diuretics and Digitalis
  • 11 Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
  • 12 ?-blockers
  • 13 New Approaches to the Treatment of Heart Failure
  • 14 Cardiac Transplantation
  • 15 Diastolic Dysfunction: Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Treatment
  • Color plates.