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Growing numbers of children with heart failure are reaching adulthood because of successful medical and surgical treatments and improved outcomes of congenital heart surgery. A greater understanding of the causes of heart failure in childhood may help cardiologists to develop therapeutic strategies for these children when they become adults. Also, given the recent explosion of research in cardiogenetics, it's possible that discoveries in the field of pediatric cardiovascular disease may also benefit adults with heart failure.  For these reasons, heart failure specialists need to be updated about pediatric heart failure. ... Read more

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Heart failure is the biggest killer in the western world, and the prevalence is expected to increase due to aging of the population. Over the past decade there has been an increasing awareness of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction as a mechanism of congestive heart failure. This book provides the clinician with essential insights into the epidemiology and aetiology of diastolic heart failure, and will enable them to understand how the condition can be diagnosed. Furthermore, the book will provide insights in cardiac function that are needed to perform and interpret the diagnostic tests, and to provide some guides to treatment choices.

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(Martin Dunitz) Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. Text on the diagnosis, management, prevention, and treatment of heart failure. For cardiologists. This second edition includes new chapters on calcium channel blockers and surgical treatment of heart failure and endothelin in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure. Many references and charts. Previous edition: c1996. ... Read more

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(Martin Dunitz) Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand. Text focusing on the practical and evidence-based management of heart failure. Discusses diuretic therapy, nitrates, digitalis, beta-blockers, antithrombotic therapy, refractory heart failure, current issues and future trends and clinical trials. For researchers and clinicians. Referenced and illustrated. ... Read more

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(Steinkopff Darmstadt) Second author is with Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Contains 21 chapters including state-of-the-art review articles as well as original papers. Discusses new targets for molecular strategies to heart failure therapy. Elaborates on the most relevant pathophysiological alterations in heart failure on a molecular level and discusses potential strategies. ... Read more

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Although the majority of heart failure patients represent the exacerbation of chronic disease, about 20% will present as a first time diagnosis. And although there are a number of intravenous agents that can be used for acute decompensated heart failure, there are no national guidelines currently available. Edited by a well-known expert and a carefully selected team of contributors, this book offers evidence-based advice on how they diagnose and treat their patients effectively. The sections cover: epidemiology and pathophysiology, diagnosis and evaluation, comorbidities, treatment strategies, issues in management, and future directions in clinical practice and research. ... Read more

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This book presents a comprehensive survey of acute heart failure. A series of experts recognized worldwide discuss specific topics so that, together, a wide spectrum of experimental and clinical investigations are covered. Pathophysiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are included. The present volume will help clinicians deal with the important problem of acute heart failure. It will help provide an up-to-date reference for those involved in cardiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. ... Read more

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Heart failure is a major cause of death and disability in the western world and its treatment using drugs and transplantation is one the most topical and active areas of medical research. This study covers common and rare causes of heart failure. The authors examine each condition in detail and photographs depict the pathology and investigation of patients suffering from the common and less common causes of cardiac symptoms such as breathlessness. Conditions covered include valvular heart disease, heart muscle disease, hypertension and congenital heart disease. By same authors: "A colour atlas of hypertension" and "A colour atlas of angina pectoris" ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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This book is a comprehensive update on a highly controver-sial issue incardiology with the aim to indicate causes forfailure of present antiarrhythmic therapy in heart failureand to demonstrate perspectives for the future. ... Read more

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Living with heart failure may sound like a contradiction in terms, but, contrary to popular myth, the heart does not fail, or stop, but labours on under increasing disadvantages. An estimated 900,000 people are currently living with heart failure in the UK, a figure which is set to increase as the population ages. Heart failure also affects an estimated 14 million Europeans and nearly five million Americans. Heart failure is a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently throughout the body, and there are different types depending on which side of the heart is affected. It may be caused by several different conditions and may be chronic, or acute. Once established, it tends to persist, but with lifestyle management and drugs, it is possible to delay its progress and to achieve better quality of life and health. Many of those with heart failure will also have or have had some other heart problem such as heart attack, angina, or valve disease.Heart failure needs urgent addressing: some 40 per cent of heart failure patients die within a year of their first admission to hospital, yet modern drugs such as ACE inhibitors and beta blockers can be very effective. Public awareness about heart failure is limited, and education much-needed. This book looks at a variety of issues including: coping on a daily basis; dealing with physical limitations; giving up work (including advice on benefits); reaction to diagnosis, mood swings, stress, depression and anxiety; and how heart failure can affect your relationships and sex life. ... Read more

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Guide to managing heart failure. Topics include an overview, diagnosing and investigating heart failure, general management, drug treatment, surgery and other invasive interventions, ongoing care, and audits and standards. For general practitioners, hospital doctors, and senior nursing staff. Softcover. ... Read more

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Remarkable progress has been made in understanding and treating heart failure. Among other developments, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and b blockers have been found to have beneficial therapeutic effects, reinforcing the view that heart failure may be both a hemodynamic and a neurohumoral disorder. The Japanese Heart Failure Society was established to curb the threat of heart failure through research, education, and clinical practice. At the Societys 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Sapporo, molecular biologists, physiologists, clinicians, surgeons, and researchers in related fields met to strengthen professional bonds for the ultimate goal of preventing death from heart failure. This book contains presentations from the Sapporo conference that provide new insights into heart failure in the areas of pathophysiology, cardiac sudden death, medical and surgical treatment, and promising new gene therapy. ... Read more