Heart failure : a companion to Braunwald's heart disease /: a companion to Braunwald's heart disease. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Heart failure (Mann)
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Douglas L. Mann, G. Michael Felker.
• Editors: Mann, Douglas L; Felker, G. Michael
• Contents: Molecular basis for heart failure -- Cellular basis for heart failure -- Cellular basis for myocardial regeneration and repair -- Myocardial basis for heart failure : role of cardiac interstitium -- Molecular signaling mechanisms of the renin-angiotensin system in heart failure -- Adrenergic receptor signaling in heart failure -- Role of innate immunity in heart failure -- Oxidative stress in heart failure -- Alterations in ventricular function in systolic heart failure -- Alterations in ventricular function : diastolic heart failure -- Alterations in ventricular structure : role of left ventricular remodeling and reverse remodeling in heart failure -- Alterations in the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in heart failure -- Alterations in the peripheral circulation in heart failure -- Alterations in kidney function associated with heart failure -- Alterations in skeletal muscle in heart failure -- Alterations in cardiac metabolism -- Epidemiology of heart failure -- Heart failure as a consequence of ischemic heart disease -- Heart failure as a consequence of dilated cardiomyopathy -- The restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy -- Heart failure as a consequence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Heart failure as a consequence of genetic cardiomyopathy -- Heart failure as a consequence of hypertension -- Heart failure as a consequence of valvular heart disease -- Heart failure as a consequence of congenital heart disease -- Heart failure as a consequence of viral and nonviral myocarditis -- Heart failure in the developing world -- Clinical evaluation of heart failure -- Cardiac imaging in heart failure -- The use of biomarkers in the evaluation of patients with heart failure -- Hemodynamics in heart failure -- Disease prevention in heart failure -- Management of acute decompensated heart failure -- Contemporary medical therapy for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction -- Management of arrhythmias and device therapy in heart failure -- Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction -- Management of heart failure in special populations : older patients, women, and racial/ethnic minority groups -- Stem cell-based and gene therapies in heart failure -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Cardiac transplantation -- Surgical treatment of chronic congestive heart failure -- Circulatory assist devices in heart failure -- Managing heart failure in cancer patients -- Disease management in heart failure -- Management of comorbidities in heart failure -- Quality and outcomes in heart failure -- Decision making and palliative care in advanced heart failure.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier-Saunders
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.1/2; Heart failure; Heart Failure; Heart -- Ventricles; Heart failure; Heart function tests; Ventricular function; Heart failure; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323325684; 0323325688; 9780323315685; 0323315682
• Related ISBNs: 9781455772377; 1455772372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed on February 26, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.