Acute Heart Failure

Putting the Puzzle of Pathophysiology and Evidence Together in Daily Practice
Buch | Softcover
IX, 178 Seiten
2009 | 2009
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0346-0021-7 (ISBN)
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This book brings together insights and facts regarding the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of various acute heart failure syndromes. It also acts as a guide for an evidence-based approach to diagnose and manage the condition.

Acute heart failure is a potentially life threatening situation where correct, rapid therapy can have a life saving impact. In this rapidly changing area of medicine this text aims to bring the latest understanding of the pathophysiology together with a practical guide to diagnosis and management using a thoroughly evidence based approach. This will appeal to a wide audience of health care professionals who will treat patients with acute heart failure, including doctors, medical students, nurses, and other professionals in the Emergency Department, General Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics, Cardiology (Medicine and Surgery) and Critical Care settings. It may be used as an evidence based guide for the junior practitioner or as an aide-memoire for the more senior.
Always keeping the underlying pathophysiology at the forefront of the discussion, the reader is encouraged to understand the aetiology of the acute situation and how to direct management in order to correct the abnormal physiology. Each chapter is heavily referenced allowing the reader to easily refer to the original experimental studies and pursue topics in more detail if required. This text is a valuable addition to any practitioner who treats patients with acute heart failure and wants a deeper understanding of the condition.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krüger lehrt Unternehmensführung, Selbstmanagement und Selbstmarketing an der Fachhochschule des Mittelstandes (FHM) in Bielefeld und ist als Managementberater tätig.

1 Cardiac physiology of acute heart failure syndromes. - 1.1 Cardiac performance.- 1.2 The fundamental equation of the circulation.- 1.3 Preload.- 1.4 Haemodynamic monitoring.- 1.5 Afterload.- 1.6 Contractility.- 1.7 Heart rate and contractility.- 1.8 Diastolic ventricular interaction (DVI).- 1.9 Ventriculo-arterial coupling.- 1.10 Evaluation and assessment of cardiac performance.- 1.11 Summary.- 2 Acute heart failure syndromes. - 2.1 Definition.- 2.2 Classification of acute heart failure syndromes.- 2.3 Aetiology and epidemiology.- 2.4 Pathophysiology.- 2.5 Data on clinical presentation and diagnosis.- 2.6 Therapy.- 2.7 Valvular heart disease presenting as heart failure.- 2.8 Summary.- 3 Cardiogenic shock. - 3.1 Definition.- 3.2 Epidemiology.- 3.3 Aetiology.- 3.4 Pathophysiological aspects and special features.- 3.5 Clinical features and diagnostic remarks.- 3.6 Therapy.- 3.7 Summary.- 4 Acute right heart failure. - 4.1 Definition.- 4.2 Epidemiology and aetiology.- 4.3 Physiological and pathophysiological aspects.- 4.4 Diagnostic aspects.- 4.5 Therapy.- 4.6 Summary.- 5 Heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (HFNEF). - 5.1 Definition.- 5.2 Epidemiology and aetiology.- 5.3 Pathophysiology.- 5.4 Clinical Features.- 5.5 Therapeutic considerations.- 5.6 Summary.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.4.2009
Zusatzinfo IX, 178 p.
Verlagsort Basel
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 470 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete
Schlagworte Acute Heart Failure • Acute Right Heart Failure • AHF Syndroms • Cardiogenic Shock • Diagnosis • Hardcover, Softcover / Medizin/Klinische Fächer • HC/Medizin/Klinische Fächer • heart rate • Herzkrankheiten • Internal Medicine • pathophysiology • Physiology • Surgery • Therapeutic Recommendations
ISBN-10 3-0346-0021-6 / 3034600216
ISBN-13 978-3-0346-0021-7 / 9783034600217
Zustand Neuware
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