Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure

Description

A unique combination color atlas and synoptic text on managing heart failure

As the incidence of heart failure continues to grow, treatments that will improve survival and alleviate the economic burden of this condition are urgently needed. With this in mind, the author has put together Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure.

This practical, highly clinical resource fills the need in the literature for a visual resource that provides expert textual guidance on managing heart failure, along with a comprehensive collection of more than 500 images (nearly 300 in full color) illustrating specific procedures.  To give the book true real-world application, each topic begins with a case scenario and includes evidence ratings from the combined ACC/AHA guidelines.

Key Features

• Of value to medical students, postgraduate trainees, practicing cardiologists, physician assistants, and general practitioners
• 45 chapters include expert coverage of the latest breakthroughs and therapies, including: genetic testing for cardiomyopathy; cardiotoxicity; biomarkers in heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; the role of echocardiography in selection, implantation, and management of patients requiring left ventricular assist device therapy; left ventricular assist devices, and much more
• In order to be as clinically relevant as possible, there is a strong focus on indications, contraindications, interpretations, and patient management
• Most chapters begin with a case scenario, putting the issues into clinical, real-world perspective
• Presented in a convenient, quick-access format that makes the information easy to find and incorporate into practice

If you are in need of an expertly written, well-illustrated resource that focuses on the clinical aspects of managing heart failure, and is designed to help you provide better care to your patients, Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure belongs on your desk.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Economics of Heart Failure
3. Stage A Heart Failure: Dyslipidemia
4. Hypertensive Heart Disease
5. Obesity and the Obesity Paradox
6. Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathy
7. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
8. Kidney in Heart Failure
9. Depression in Heart Failure
10. Athletic Heart Syndrome
11. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
12. Amyloid Heart Disease
13. Heart Failure in Minorities
14. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
15. Heart Failure in the Elderly
16. Valvular Heart Disease
17. Cardiotoxicity
18. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
19. Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Heart Failure
20. Assessment of Volume Overload in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
21. Biomarkers in Heart Failure
22. Echocardiography in Congestive Heart Failure
23. Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing in Heart Failure
24. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
25. Right Heart Catheterization in Heart Failure
26. Diet in Heart Failure
27. Digoxin Use in Heart Failure
28. Diuretic Therapy in Heart Failure
29. Neurohormonal Blockade in Heart Failure
30. Autonomic Modulation in Heart Failure
31. Cardiac Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) in Heart Failure
32. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in the Treatment of Heart Failure
33. Percutaneous Ventricular Support for Acute Heart Failure
34. Ultrafiltration in Heart Failure
35. Inotropic Therapy in Heart Failure
36. Role of Revascularization to Improve Left Ventricular Function
37. Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure
38. Role of Echocardiography in Selection, Implantation, and Management of Patients Requiring Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy
39. Evaluation of Hemodynamics in Patients Supported by Continuous LVADs
40. Left Ventricular Assist Devices
41. Cardiac Transplantation
42. Total Artificial Heart
43. Heart-Lung Transplantation
44. Perioperative Heart Failure
45. Palliative Care in Heart Failure
46. Exercise and Rehabilitation
47. Index

Author Biography

Ragavendra Baliga, MBBS, MBA, FACC, FRCP, FRS (Med), is an Assistant Director of New Business Development and a Professor of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.