Imaging the Failing Heart, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest edited by Mani A. Vannan, will focus on Imaging the Failing Heart. Topics include, but are not limited to, The Healthcare Burden of Heart Failure; Nomenclature, Classification, Stages of Heart Failure; Left Ventricular Size and Ejection Fraction; Left Ventricular Wall Thickness and Mass; Myocardial Strain and Dyschrony; Myocardial Scar and Fibrosis; Left Atrial size and Function; Right Ventricular Size and Function; Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation; Diastolic Function; Intraventricular Flow; Resting and Exercise Doppler Hemodynamics; Ultrasound of the Lung; Role of Imaging in Specific Cardiomyopathies; and Interventional Imaging in Heart Failure.

List of contents

The Healthcare Burden of Heart Failure
Nomenclature, Classification, Stages of Heart Failure
Left Ventricular Size and Ejection Fraction
Left Ventricular Wall Thickness and Mass
Myocardial Strain and Dyschrony
Myocardial Scar and Fibrosis
Left Atrial size and Function
Right Ventricular Size and Function
Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation
Diastolic Function
Intraventricular Flow
Resting and Exercise Doppler Hemodynamics
Ultrasound of the Lung
Role of Imaging in Specific Cardiomyopathies
Interventional Imaging in Heart Failure

Product details

• Authors: Mani Vannan, Vannan Mani
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2019
• EAN: 9780323677974
• ISBN: 978-0-323-67797-4
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 254 mm x 254 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Cardiology, Cardiovascular medicine