Heart failure:a combined medical and surgical approach
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Group Author: | ; |
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Published: |
Blackwell Futura,
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Publisher Address: | Malden, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 314 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781405122030 (alk. paper) 140512203X (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R541 |
CLC: | R541.605 |
Call Number: | R541.605/H436 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Epidemiology of heart failure: progression to pandemic? -- Heart failure clinical trials: shaping the evidence for treatment guidelines -- Standard medical therapy of heart failure -- Novel therapies in heart failure -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers in congestive heart failure -- Managing a heart failure clinic -- Novel imaging technologies for heart failure patients -- Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Bypass surgery in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction -- Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for cardiomyopathy patients -- Mechanical circulatory support -- The role of heart transplantation -- Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical circulatory support -- Biological approaches to heart failure: gene transfer and cell transplantation -- Ethical issues in cardiothoracic medicine. |