Heart failure : a companion to Braunwald's Heart disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mann, Douglas L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, [2004]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Basic mechanisms of heart failure
  • Evolving concepts of the pathophysiology of heart failure
  • Molecular basis of heart failure
  • Myocyte abnormalities in human heart failure
  • Myocardial basis for heart failure : role of the cardiac interstitium
  • Myocardial basis for heart failure : role of cell death
  • Energetic basis for heart failure
  • Role of the peripherial circulation and endothelial cell dysfunction
  • Section 2. Mechanisms of disease prevention
  • Heart failure as a progressive disease
  • Activation of the renin-angiotensin system in hypertrophy and heart failure
  • Adrenergic receptor signaling in chronic heart failure
  • Activation of inflammatory mediators in heart failure
  • Oxidative stress in heart failure
  • Systolic dysfunction in heart failure
  • Alterations in ventricular function : diastolic heart failure
  • Alterations in ventricular structure : role of left ventricular remodeling
  • Alteration in the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in heart failure
  • Alterations in the kidney in heart failure : the cardiorenal axis in the regulation of sodium homeostasis
  • Alterations in the skeletal muscle in heart failure
  • Alterations in pulmonary and diaphragmatic function in heart failure
  • Alterations in cardiac metabolism in heart failure
  • Section 3. Etiologic basis for heart failure
  • Epidemiology of heart failure
  • Heart failure as a consequence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
  • Heart failure as a consequence of dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure as a consequence of genetic cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure as a consequence of hypertension
  • Valvular heart disease and heart failure
  • Heart failure as a consequence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure as a consequence of peripartum cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure as a consequence of viral myocarditis
  • Sleep-related breathing disorders in heart failure
  • Section 4. Clinical assessment of heart failure
  • The prognosis of heart failure
  • Clinical evaluation of heart failure
  • Electrophysiologic evaluation of patients
  • Clinical trial design in heart failure
  • Section 5
  • Development and implementation of heart failure practice guidelines
  • Management of volume overload in heart failure
  • Antagonism of the renin-angiotensin system in heart failure
  • Antagonism of beta-adrenergic receptors in heart failure
  • Emerging strategies in the treatment of chronic heart failure
  • Management of thrombosis in heart failure
  • Management of arrhythmias in heart failure and cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiac transplantation
  • Surgical treatment of chronic congestive heart failure
  • Mechanical circulatory support in patients with heart failure
  • Exercise in heart failure : a review of current applications for testing and training
  • Management of heart failure in the outpatient setting