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Heart failure due to diastolic dysfunction : definition, diagnosis and treatment -- Brain natriuretic peptide : a blood test for the diagnosis of heart failure and monitoring of its treatment? -- Metabolic comorbid conditions in chronic heart failure : aetiological, prognostic and therapeutic considerations -- Beta-blockers : mandatory for everyone with heart failure? -- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers in heart failure and high risk myocardial infarction -- The role of mineralocorticoid receptor blocking agents in patients with heart failure and cardiovascular disease -- Omapatrilat : the potential of vasopeptidase inhibition -- Inotropes and other new therapies for acute heart failure -- Endothelin receptor antagonists : will they join the therapeutic armamentarium? -- Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy-α in chronic heart failure- what went wrong? -- Nurse intervention : can our patients do without it? -- Innovative surgery in heart failure : a new era? -- The era of devices? Biventricular pacing and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
John J.V. McMurray, Marc A. Pfeffer, editors ; with a foreword by Eugene Braunwald.
Includes bibliographical references and index.