Manual of Heart Failure Management (eBook)

John D. Bisognano, MD PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Outpatient Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. He was trained at the University of Michigan and at the University of Colorado in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure, and Cardiac Transplantation. He is attending physician on the heart failure service at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. Marc Baker, MD is Fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Mary Beth Earley, CCRN, NC-P, is Senior Nurse Practitioner in the Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Preface 5
Contents 8
Contributors 10
Management of Hypertension in Heart Failure 14
Coronary Artery Disease Prevention 29
Heart Failure in Women 45
Systolic Heart Failure 60
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction 69
Valvular Heart Failure 82
Pharmacologic Therapy 94
Surgical Options in the Treatment of Heart Failure 106
Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices 127
Cardiac Transplantation 138
Palliative Care and CHF 157
Device Therapy in Heart Failure 169
Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure 181
Heart Failure Clinics: A Strategy for Success 192
Patient Self-Management Strategies for Heart Failure 200
Nutrition Interventions in Heart Failure 212
Psychological Considerations 223
Inpatient Nursing Management 233
Physical Activity in Heart Failure 250
Index 260