Algorithms in Heart Failure

Description

Algorithms in Heart Failure provides the most recent advances in the management of heart failure.

Presented in a “how to” approach, each chapter presents an algorithm that summarises the topic in discussion. The comprehensive text covers all aspects of heart failure treatment, from emergency care, through to long term care and management of complications.

Authored by experts renowned in the field, led by Alan Maisel from University of California, this highly useful reference is enhanced by clinical illustrations and figures to assist learning.

Key Features

• Written by experts, renowned in their areas of expertise, this book on heart failure elaborates on our current understanding of heart failure
• Each chapter incorporates an algorithm that summarizes the particular aspect in to an easy-to-understand and-follow format
• State-of-the-art topics on various aspects of heart failure which are relevant in order to guide the clinical practitioners
• Well-organized content that has been divided based in to various stages of patient-care right from the emergency to the long –term care and management of complications
• Easy-to-follow and fluid scientific information, presented in a visually appealing, reader-friendly format
• Well-illustrated with figures and algorithsm that summarize the in-depth discussions and enhance the learning experience.

Table of Contents

1. How to Evaluate Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
2. Heart Failure Disposition: When to Admit, When to Observe, and When to Discharge Home
3. Using Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency Department
4. The Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Heart Failure
5. Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in the Dyspneic Patient
6. Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Heart Failure: The Role of Noninvasive
7. When to Employ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac, Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Heart Failure
8. When to Discharge the Heart Failure Patient
9. Approaches to Diuretics in the Hospital
10. Vasodilators in Acute Heart Failure
11. When and How to Use Inotropes?
12. Practical Approach to Hyponatremia in Heart Failure
13. Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndrome
14. Echocardiography: Getting It Right
15. Initiation of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and, Beta Blockers in Heart Failure: Putting Evidence into Practice
16. Atrial Fibrillation Done Right
17. Ventricular Tachycardia Done Right
18. Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
19. Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: How to Choose the Right Device for the Right Patients
20. Clinical Decision-making in the Outpatient Setting: The Use of Galectin-3
21. ST2: How to Really Do It Right
22. Using Cardiac Troponin to Assist in the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure-A Practical Guide
23. Heart Failure in the Nursing Home Setting
24. Heart Failure from the Nursing Perspective
25. Left Ventricular Assist Device Versus Transplantation: How to Decide
26. Approach to Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Follow-up in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure
27. How to Approach Palliative and End-of-life Care
28. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
29. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
30. Myocarditis
31. AIDS-induced Cardiac Abnormalities and Heart Failure
32. New onset Cardiomyopathy: Biopsy or MRI and other Imaging Modalities