Screen LibraryHeart failure in clinical practice
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-153-0 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 381 p.): tabs., figs. (some col.) |
| ISBN: |
9781849961530 (electronic bk.) 1849961530 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | R540 |
| CLC: | R540.4 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of heart failure -- Inherited myocardial diseases -- Valvular heart disease in heart failure -- Congenital heart disease -- Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction -- Right heart failure -- Pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Cardiac cachexia in chronic heart failure: the metabolic facet of CHF -- Breathing disturbances in heart failure -- Stress echocardiography -- Echocardiography in heart failure -- Cardiac radionuclide imaging in the assessment of patients with heart failure -- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in heart failure -- Principles of treatment and pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacological therapies -- Atrial fibrillation and heart failure syndromes -- Natriuretic peptides -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy -- Device therapy in heart failure -- The role of surgery in heart failure. |