Heart Failure. a Practical Approach to Treatment

Puntos Clave

¿ Management of causes of heart failure such as abnormal heart rhythms, thyroid disease and anemia, before significant damage is done to the heart
¿ Emphasis on the appropriate use of therapeutics such as ACE inhibitors, nitrates and anti-coagulants
¿ Important discussion of devises available in treatment such as defibrillators

Tabla de Contenidos

1 What is Heart Failure
2 The Epidemic of Heart Failure
3 What Causes Heart Failure
4 Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
5 How to Judge Disease Severity, Clinical Status and Prognosis
6 Therapeutic Approach to Heart Failure: An Overview
7 How to Evaluate Patients with Symptoms Suggestive of Heart Failure
8 Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Heart Failure
9 How to Use Diuretics in Heart Failure Patients
10 How to Use Neurohormonal Antagonists in Heart Failure
11 Is There Still a Role for Digitalis in Heart Failure?
12 The Heart Failure Hospitalization
13 Ancillary Pharmacological Therapies for Heart Failure
14 Devices
15 Surgical Approaches to Heart Failure
16 When to Refer Patients for Heart Transplantation
17 Co-Morbidities & Heart Failure
18 Disease Management Overview
19 How to Develop a Heart Failure Management Pathway
20 Integrating Inpatient and Outpatient Management
21 What is a Heart Failure Clinic?
22 Putting it All Together: Optimizing the Management of Heart Failure Patients
23 Future Directions

Biografía autor/es

William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD Professor and Director NHMRC CCRE in Therapeutics Monash University/Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne, Victoria, Australia