Heart failure : a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and treatment /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Marcel Dekker,
2005.
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| Series: | Fundamental and clinical cardiology ;
50. |
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Table of Contents:
- The genetics of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
- Molecular signaling networks underlying cardia hypertrophy and failure
- Mechanisms of cell death in heart failure
- Excitation-contraction coupling mechanisms in heart failure
- Beta-adrenergic signaling in heart failure
- Ventricular remodeling and secondary valvular dysfunction in heart failure progression
- Neurohormonal and cytokine activation in heart failure
- Cardiomyopathies in the adult (dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive)
- Heart failure with normal systolic function
- The clinical syndrome of heart failure
- Clinical profiles and prognosis in heart failure
- Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure : diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and digoxin
- Conventional therapy of chronic heart failure : beta-adrenergic blockers
- Angiotensin receptor blockers for heart failure
- Role of mineralocorticoid antagonists in patients with heart failure
- New pharmacologic therapies in heart failure : immunotherapy, endothelin-1 antagonists, brain natriuretic peptides and neurohormonal interventions
- Treatment of diastolic heart failure
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure
- Heart failure in special populations
- Practice guidelines for heart failure management
- Coronary revascularization mitral valve repair, left ventricular remodeling, procedures and devices
- Long term mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation
- Targeted gene transfer in heart failure
- Cellular transplantation