Heart Failure (eBook)

Dr. Patrick M. McCarthy, MD. Surgical Director, Cleveland Clinic Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Dr. James B. Young, MD. Cardiovascular Medicine Vice Chairman, Section Head, Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Kaufman Center for Heart Failure

List of Contributors, vii

Preface, ix

Acknowledgements, xi

1 Epidemiology of heart failure: progression to pandemic?,
1

Randall C. Starling

2 Heart failure clinical trials: shaping the evidence for
treatment guidelines, 9

James B. Young

3 Standard medical therapy of heart failure, 21

Mohamad H. Yamani

4 Novel therapies in heart failure, 44

W.H.Wilson Tang & Gary S. Francis

5 Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and biventricular
pacemakers in congestive heart failure, 69

Mandeep Bhargava & Bruce L.Wilkoff

6 Managing a heart failure clinic, 99

Nancy M. Albert

7 Novel imaging technologies for heart failure patients,
115

Richard D. White

8 Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy,
126

Raymond Q.Migrino

9 Bypass surgery in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy,
145

Bruce W. Lytle

10 Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction,
153

Patrick M.McCarthy

11 Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for
cardiomyopathy patients, 174

Patrick M.McCarthy & Edwin C.McGee, Jr.

12 Mechanical circulatory support, 192

José Luis Navia

13 The role of heart transplantation, 228

David O. Taylor

14 Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart
failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical
circulatory support, 255

Tiffany Buda & Patrick M.McCarthy

15 Biological approaches to heart failure: gene transfer and
cell transplantation, 272

Marc S. Penn, Samuel Unzek & Arman T. Askari

16 Ethical issues in cardiothoracic medicine, 289

Katrina A. Bramstedt

Disclosure Statements, 305

Index, 307

"This first edition is an excellent review of the modern management of heart failure...well organized, succinct, and elegantly reviews the current modalities."
Doody's Review Service

"This first edition is an excellent review of the modern management of heart failure written by specialists from multiple disciplines. It is well organized, succinct, and elegantly reviews the current modalities in the treatment of heart failure." (Bijesh P. Maroo, BS, MS, MD, @Doody's Review Service)

"This first edition is an excellent review of the modern
management of heart failure...well organized, succinct, and
elegantly reviews the current modalities."

Doody's Review Service