Heart failure : a companion to Braunwald's Heart disease /
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Saunders,
[2004]
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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