Atrial fibrillation and heart failure. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Andrew A. Grace, MB, PhD, FRCP, Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, PhD, FRCP, FHRS, Mark D. O'Neill, DPhil, FRCP, FHRS.
• Editors: Grace, Andrew A; Narayan, Sanjiv M; O'Neill, Mark (Mark D.)
• Contents: Front Cover; Heart Failure Clinics: Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; HEART FAILURE CLINICS; Foreword:Atrial Fibrillation and HeartFailure: It Takes Two to Tango; Preface:Atrial Fibrillation and HeartFailure; Chapter 1. Common Threads in Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure; INTRODUCTION; COEXISTENCE AND RISING PREVALENCE; COINCIDENT RISK FACTORS; CONVENTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF MECHANISM; NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HEART FAILURE/ ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RELATIONSHIP; SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO COMPLEX CARDIAC DISEASE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. Chapter 2. Continuous Monitoring ofAtrial Fibrillation in HeartFailureAF BURDEN; INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSIS OF AF DURING CRT; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VR; PROGNOSIS OF AF DURING CRT; ABLATION OF THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION TO OPTIMIZE CRT; IMPORTANCE OF THE BIV%: MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER; ANALYSIS OF THE RAFT STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT AF: SUBOPTIMAL DOSE OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION?; IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS DURING CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION; REMOTE MONITORING; MONITORING FOR AF BY CONVENTIONALPACEMAKERS. MONITORING BY CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION DEVICESSUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Ventricular Rate Control ofAtrial Fibrillation in HeartFailure; INTRODUCTION; INDICATIONS FOR VENTRICULAR RATE CONTROL OF AF IN HF; OPTIMAL VENTRICULAR RATE-CONTROL TARGET OF AF IN HF; PHARMACOLOGIC VENTRICULAR RATE CONTROL OF AF IN HF; NONPHARMACOLOGIC VENTRICULAR RATE CONTROL OF AF AND HF; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NONPHARMACOLOGIC VENTRICULAR RATE CONTROL OF AF IN HF; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Rhythm Control of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure; INTRODUCTION; RATE CONTROL VERSUS RHYTHM CONTROL. BASIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING AFANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS FOR RHYTHM CONTROL IN AF IN THE PRESENCE OF HF; NONANTIARRHYTHMIC RHYTHM CONTROL OF AF IN HF; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Upstream Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN HEART FAILURE; MOLECULAR DRUG TARGETS FOR UPSTREAM THERAPY; UPSTREAM THERAPY FOR AF; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM INHIBITION IN CHF; STATINS IN CHF; META-ANALYSES OF STATIN TRIALS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure; INTRODUCTION. THE PROTHROMBOTIC STATE IN AF AND HFANTICOAGULATION IN AF WITH HF; ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS FOR USE IN AF WITH HF; RATE CONTROL VERSUS RHYTHM CONTROL:DOES IT MATTER FOR STROKE PREVENTIONIN HF?; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Heart Failure; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DOES AF INDEPENDENTLY PREDICTMORTALITY?; AF MANAGEMENT IN THE SETTING OF HF; ANTICOAGULATION; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure in the Older Population; INTRODUCTION; PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT; THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS FOR AF IN THE OLDER PATIENT.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, pages 374-544), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.129; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323227216
• Related ISBNs: 032322721X; 9780323227209; 0323227201
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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