Heart Failure

This textbook offers an up-to-date, user-friendly guide on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Each chapter is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of every aspect of heart failure from cardiac signs and symptoms through imaging and the genetic basis for disease to surgery, interventions, treatment and preventative cardiology. __Heart Failure__ provides the trainee and practising cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, vascular surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac radiologist and any physician who manages cardiac patients with a valuable resource featuring extensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions related to heart failure. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Epidemiology of Heart Failure (Ulf Dahlström)....Pages 3-36 Front Matter ....Pages 37-37 Inter- and Intracellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling, Hypertrophy and Dysfunction (Joerg Heineke, Tibor Kempf, Johann Bauersachs)....Pages 39-56 Inflammation and Innate Immunity (Stefan Frantz)....Pages 57-59 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 Comorbidities and Co-Existing Conditions in Heart Failure Around Pregnancy (Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Johann Bauersachs, Karen Sliwa)....Pages 63-70 Myocardial Dysfunction Associated with Cancer Therapy (Margot K. Davis, Sean A. Virani)....Pages 71-79 Front Matter ....Pages 81-81 Diagnosis of Heart Failure (Kevin J. Clerkin, Donna M. Mancini, Lars H. Lund)....Pages 83-101 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 Pharmacotherapy in Heart Failure (I): Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (incl. ARNI), Diuretics, Digoxin and Statins (Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca)....Pages 105-120 Pharmacotherapy in Heart Failure (II): Beta Adrenergic Blocking Drugs, Ivabradine, Hydralazine and Nitrates (Shirin Zarafshar, Michael B Fowler)....Pages 121-127 Device Therapy in the Heart Failure (Troy Rhodes, Raul Weiss)....Pages 129-153 Interpretation of Clinical Trials in the Context of Personalized/Individualized Medicine and End of Life Issues (Georg Ertl)....Pages 155-162 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 Inpatient Therapeutic Options (Michael M. Kreusser, Philip W. Raake)....Pages 165-170 Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure (Otmar Pfister)....Pages 171-178 Psychological Comorbidities in Heart Failure (Christiane E. Angermann, Julia Wallenborn)....Pages 179-189 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 Surgical Intervention on the Mitral and Tricuspid Valves in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure (Vivek Rao)....Pages 193-197 Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction (D. Reineke, T. Carrel)....Pages 199-202 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 Early Postoperative Management (Balthasar Eberle, Heiko Kaiser)....Pages 205-222 Organ Preservation and Implantation (Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Johannes Scheumann)....Pages 223-230 Front Matter ....Pages 231-231 Patient Selection, Pretransplant Management, Donor and Recipient Matching (David S. Feldman, Sudha P. Jaganathan, Parvathi Mudigonda)....Pages 233-237 Front Matter ....Pages 239-239 Immunosuppression, Including Drug Toxicity, Interactions, New Immunosuppressants in the Pipeline (Denise Wang, Bruno Meiser, Howard J. Eisen, Sandra Eifert)....Pages 241-253 Acute Rejection (Michelle M. Kittleson, Jon A. Kobashigawa)....Pages 255-259 Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (Finn Gustafsson)....Pages 261-264 Front Matter ....Pages 265-265 Pulmonary Hypertension (Christoph B. Wiedenroth, Eckhard Mayer)....Pages 267-270 Front Matter ....Pages 271-271 MCS: Patient Selection (Paul Mohacsi, Pascal A. Berdat)....Pages 273-277 Types of Circulatory Support Devices (Joseph G. Rogers)....Pages 279-288 Veno-Arterial ECMO (P. Leprince, G. Lebreton)....Pages 289-298 Bridge to Recovery (BTR) (Juliane K. Vierecke)....Pages 299-305 Mechanical Circulatory Support Part II; Management of Devices After Implantation, Incl. Complications (A. L. Meyer, I. Netuka, M. S. Slaughter)....Pages 307-317 Correction to: Immunosuppression, Including Drug Toxicity, Interactions, New Immunosuppressants in the Pipeline (Denise Wang, Bruno Meiser, Howard J. Eisen, Sandra Eifert)....Pages C1-C1 Back Matter ....Pages 319-328 This textbook offers an up-to-date, user-friendly guide on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of this most important aspect of cardiovascular disease. Each chapter is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of every aspect of heart failure from cardiac signs and symptoms through imaging and the genetic basis for disease to surgery, interventions, treatment and preventative cardiology. Heart Failure provides the trainee and practising cardiologists, cardiac surgeon, vascular surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac radiologist and any physician who manages cardiac patients with extensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions related to heart failure. It is therefore, a critical resource for all cardiology practitioners, trainees'