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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Current Medicine,
[2005]
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| 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.