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The book states the right approach to manage the cases of Heart Failure effectively by the practitioner.
A unique approach that incorporates current understanding and the tremendous experience of the contributors.
State-of-the-art topics on various aspects of Heart Failure in order to guide the clinical practitioner.
Well-organized contents that have been divided into Sections based on various stages of patient care right from the emergency to the long-term care and management of complications.
Each chapter of the book incorporates “Case Studies” and “Clinical Pearls” highlighted in colored boxes.
Well-illustrated with figures, flowcharts, treatment algorithms and selected references that summarize the in-depth discussion and enhance the learning experience.
Easy-to-follow and fluid scientific information presented in a visually appealing, reader-friendly format.
Written by renowned experts who are experienced in the field of Heart Failure.
An essential consultant guide for practicing cardiologists, clinicians, primary care physicians, house officers and nurses.
Table of Contents:
Section 1: The Emergency DePartment
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. The Treatment of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency DePartment
4. Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved and Low Ejection Fractions
5. How to Use Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency DePartment
6. How to Use New Biomarkers in the Emergency DePartment
7. The Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Heart Failure
8. Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis in the Dyspneic Patient
9. Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Heart Failure: The Role of Noninvasive Ventilation
10. Emergency DePartment Observation Unit: Management of Congestive Heart Failure
11. When to Employ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Heart Failure
12. When to Discharge the Heart Failure Patient
Section 2: Heart Failure in the Hospital
13. How to Use Natriuretic Peptides in the Inpatient Setting?
14. Approaches to Diuretics in the Hospital
15. Vasodilators in Acute Heart Failure
16. When and How to Use Inotropes?
17. New Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers in Hospital Medicine: Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin
18. Practical Approach to Hyponatremia in Heart Failure
19. Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndrome
20. The ABCs of Isolated Venovenous Ultrafiltration in Fluid-overloaded Heart Failure Patients
21. Who Should Receive a Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Section 3: Chronic Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
22. Outpatient Follow-up - What Should We Monitor
23. Echocardiography: Getting It Right
24. A Practical Guide for Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure
25. Initiation of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Beta Blockers in Heart Failure: Putting Evidence into Practice
26. Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Patients with Heart Failure and a Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: How to Do It Right
27. Atrial Fibrillation Done Right
28. Ventricular Tachycardia Done Right
29. Issues in Anticoagulation
30. Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
31. Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients: How to Choose the Right Device for the Right Patients
32. Clinical Decision-making in the Outpatient Setting: The Use of Galectin-3
33. Guiding Heart Failure Care with Natriuretic Peptides
34. ST2: How to Really Do It Right
35. Using Cardiac Troponin to Assist in the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure - A Practical Guide
36. Biomarkers on the Horizon for Chronic Heart Failure
Section 4: Special Issues in Heart Failure
37. Sex Differences in Heart Failure: Implications for Clinical Practice
38. Chronic Heart Failure in Geriatric Patients
39. How to Diagnose and Treat Anemia in Patients with Heart Failure
40. Diabetes Management in Heart Failure
41. Heart Failure in Europe
42. Heart Failure in Southeast Asia
43. Heart Failure in India
44. Heart Failure in India: Clinical Perspective
45. Heart Failure in China
46. Heart Failure from the US Veterans Health Administration Perspective: A Patient-centered Approach to Care
47. Heart Failure in the Nursing Home Setting
48. Heart Failure from the Nursing Perspective
49. Developing Heart Failure Service in a Developing Nation: Borneo Malaysia Perspective
Section 5: Advanced Heart Failure
50. Approach to the End-stage Heart Failure Patient
51. Left Ventricular Assist Device Versus Transplantation: How to Decide
52. Approach to Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Follow-up in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure
53. How to Approach Palliative and End-of-life Care
54. Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock
Section 6: Cardiomyopathies: Practical Recommendations to Diagnosis and Management
55. New Onset Cardiomyopathy: Biopsy or MRI and Other Imaging Modalities
56. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
57. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
58. Myocarditis
59. When is Genetic Testing Necessary?
60. AIDS-induced Cardiac Abnormalities and Heart Failure
61. Prohormone Levels in Heart Failure
Appendix
IndexISBN - 9789350909492
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Pages : 588
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