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"Heart Failure: From Research to Clinical Practice" contains chapters that describe the current views on the biological mechanisms, clinical assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatments of the condition.
Topics in this volume range from basic research at cell and molecular level to patient care in everyday clinical practice and provide essential background information and analyses of recent advances for a deeper understanding of the issues involved.
With contributions from international experts in their specified fields and are suitable for both beginners and more advanced readers. This volume includes not only the essential information for clinical practice but also the latest information from the contemporary guidelines and the recommendations from leading societies. It also covers ongoing research and puts forward new hypotheses that can be tested in future research.
This comprehensive volume will provide a valuable resource for both research students and expert clinicians.
List of contents
Prelims.- Heart Failure: from research to clinical practice.- Transition of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Heart Failure.- Combination therapy of renin angiotensin system inhibitors and beta-blockers in patients with heart failure.- Combination of hydralazine and isosorbide-dinitrate in the treatment of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.- The art and science of using diuretics in the treatment of heart failure in diverse clinical settings.-Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.- Circulating biomarkers in heart failure.- Evolving Role of Natriuretic Peptides from Diagnostic Tool to Therapeutic Modality.- The Role of Cardiologists in the Management of Patients with Heart Failure.- Optimizing management of heart failure by using echo and natriuretic peptides in the outpatient unit.- Physical training and cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure patients.- Advanced Non-invasive Imaging Techniques in Chronic Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies.- Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Treatment of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.- Heart failure and kidney disease.- Dysthyroidism and Chronic Heart Failure: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches.- Management of Bradyarrhythmias in Heart. Failure: A Tailored Approach.- Percutaneous Mitral Valve Interventions and Heart Failure.-Left Ventricular Assist Devices - A State of the Art Review.- Palliative Care in the Management of Patients with Advanced Heart Failure.- Athlete's heart and left heart disease.- Central Sleep Apnea with Cheyne-Stokes Breathing in Heart Failure - from research to clinical practice and beyond.- The evolution of mHealth solutions for Heart Failure Management.- New insights in cardiac calcium handling and excitation-contraction coupling.- Critical appraisal of multivariable prognostic scores in heart failure: development, validation and clinical utility.
Summary
1. A must read for the researchers and clinicians in the field of heart failure
2. A unique source of practical information in the field of heart failure
3. Most comprehensive contemporary book on heart failure
