Heart Failure

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2007-07-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071443150
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071443159
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
The definitive one-stop guide to treating-and preventing-heart failure
This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with heart failure. A major focus of the book is integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit. Coverage begins with a brief introduction on the incidence and causes of heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of symptom evaluation; pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods; hospitalization; surgical treatments; and more.
Features:
Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities with evidence-based recommendations
Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies, cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology
Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical procedures and devices, and more
Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation
Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be applied in any practice setting
Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms
| Tags: Cardiology |