The Breathless Heart Apneas in Heart Failure /: Apneas in Heart Failure. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michele Emdin, Alberto Giannoni, Claudio Passino.
• Editors: Emdin, Michele; Giannoni, Alberto; Passino, Claudio
• Contents: 1 Historical background and glossary of the apnea phenomenon -- 2 Mechanics and chemistry of respiration in health -- 3 Hypopneas and apneas as physiological and pathological phenomena throughout life -- 4 Pathophysiology of central apneas in heart failure -- 5 The importance of visceral feedbacks: focus on chemoreceptors -- 6 The apneas before and after heart failure -- 7 Not only sleep apnea: the “awake” apneas of the failing heart -- 8 Periodic breathing during effort and central apneas in heart failure: siblings, cousins or what else? -- 9 To breath or not to breath -- that is the question -- 10 Diagnostic tools: the easier, the better -- 11 Diagnostic tools: messages from implanted devices -- 12 Targeting and treating apneas -- 13 Final remarks.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.12; Medicine; Cardiology; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Neurology; Medicine & Public Health; Cardiology; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Neurology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319263528; 9783319263526; 3319263544; 9783319263540
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• 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.