Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
- 3rd Edition - December 18, 2014
- Latest edition
- Authors: Douglas L. Mann, G. Michael Felker
- Language: English
Lead editor of Braunwald’s Heart Disease, Dr. Douglas L. Mann, and nationally and internationally recognized heart failure expert Dr. G. Michael Felker, bring you the latest, defi… Read more
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Description
Lead editor of Braunwald’s Heart Disease, Dr. Douglas L. Mann, and nationally and internationally recognized heart failure expert Dr. G. Michael Felker, bring you the latest, definitive state-of-the art information on heart failure in this outstanding Braunwald’s companion volume. Heart Failure, 3rd Edition, keeps you current with recent developments in the field, improved patient management strategies, and new drug therapies and implantable devices that will make a difference in your patients’ lives and in your practice. Braunwald’s Heart Failure Companion also has an on-line version that is updated with late-breaking clinical trials, "Hot Off the Press" commentary and Focused Reviews that are relevant to heart failure.
Key features
Key features
- Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Compatible with Kindle®, nook®, and other popular devices
- Use this Braunwald’s companion as the definitive source to prepare for the ABIM’s new Heart Failure board exam
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Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1. Basic Mechanisms of Heart Failure
1. Molecular Basis for Heart Failure
2. Cellular Basis for Heart Failure
3. Cellular Basis for Myocardial Regeneration and Repair
4. Myocardial Basis for Heart Failure: Role of Cardiac Interstitium
Section 2. Mechanisms of Disease Progression in Heart Failure
5. Molecular Signaling Mechanisms of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Heart Failure
6. Adrenergic Receptor Signaling in Heart Failure
7. Role of Innate Immunity in Heart Failure
8. Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure
9. Alterations in Ventricular Function in Systolic Heart Failure
10. Alterations in Ventricular Function: Diastolic Heart Failure
11. Alterations in Ventricular Structure: Role of Left Ventricular Remodeling and Reverse Remodeling in Heart Failure
12. Alterations in the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems in Heart Failure
13. Alterations in the Peripheral Circulation in Heart Failure
14. Alterations in Kidney Function Associated with Heart Failure
15. Alterations in Skeletal Muscle in Heart Failure
16. Alterations in Cardiac Metabolism
Section 3. Etiological Basis for Heart Failure
17. Epidemiology of Heart Failure
18. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Ischemic Heart Disease
19. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
20. The Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
21. Heart Failure As A Consequence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
22. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Genetic Cardiomyopathy
23. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Hypertension
24. Heart Failure As A Consequence of Valvular Heart Disease
25. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Congenital Heart Disease
26. Heart Failure as a Consequence of Viral and Non-viral Myocarditis
27. Heart Failure in the Developing World
Section 4. Clinical Assessment of Heart Failure
28. Clinical Evaluation of Heart Failure
29. Cardiac Imaging In Heart Failure
30. The Use of Biomarkers in the Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure
31. Hemodynamics in Heart Failure
Section 5. Therapy for Heart Failure
32. Disease Prevention in Heart Failure
33. Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
34. Contemporary Medical Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction
35. Management of Arrhythmias and Device Therapy in Heart Failure
36. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
37. Management of Heart Failure in Special Populations: Older Patients, Women, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups
38. Stem Cell-Based and Gene Therapies in Heart Failure
39. Pulmonary Hypertension
40. Cardiac Transplantation
41. Surgical Treatment of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure
42. Circulatory Assist Devices in Heart Failure
43. Managing Heart Failure in Cancer Patients
44. Disease Management in Heart Failure
45. Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure for the third edition of Heart Failure
46. Measuring Quality Outcomes in Heart Failure
47. Decision Making and Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure
Review quotes
Review quotes
“In the tradition of the other companion books to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, the Mann/Felker book is a splendid one. For those working in the field of advanced heart failure, this is a must book.” -The American Journal of Cardiology (2016;118:149e152)
2016 BMA Awards: First Prize, Cardiology
"This third edition of Heart Failure is a magnificent text that covers every important aspect of the field. It represents the efforts of 100 authors, who are experienced and recognized experts.
Heart Failure will be of enormous interest and value to clinicians, investigators, and trainees who are concerned with enriching their understanding of and caring for the ever growing number of patients with this condition. We are proud of this important companion to Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine." -Foreword by: Eugene Braunwald, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby and Robert O. Bonow, Feb 2015
"In the tradition of the other companion books to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, the Mann/Felker book is a splendid one. For those working in the field of advanced heart failure, this is a must book."-The American Journal of Cardiology (2016;118:149e152)
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: December 18, 2014
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Douglas L. Mann
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