Acute heart failure
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | London |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-782-4 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 931 p.): ill. (some col.) |
ISBN: |
9781846287824 (electronic bk.) 1846287820 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | R541 |
CLC: | R541.6 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1: Acute heart failure syndromes: from epidemiology to clinical practice. Epidemiology and definitions ; Transition from normal physiology to pathophysiology ; Cardiac level ; Cellular and organ system level ; Clinical scenarios ; Acute myocardial dysfunction ; Right ventricular dysfunction ; Acute heart failure syndromes and coexisting disease ; Acute heart failure syndromes in the extreme ages -- Part 2: Diagnostic and therapeutic management of severe acute heart failure syndromes. Informs cardiology, intensive care, and emergency medicine physicians on the diagnosis and management of severe acute heart failure. This book represents a joint effort from internationally known cardiologists and intensivists to set up a single reference resource, appropriate for practice both in Europe and the US. |