Heart Failure: A Practical Approach to Treatment (MEDICAL/DENISTRY) - Hardcover

Abraham, William T.; Krum, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071443150 ISBN 13: 9780071443159

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2007

Synopsis

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The definitive one-stop guide to treating -- and preventing -- heart failure

This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with heart failure.A major focus of the book is integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit. Coverage begins with a brief introduction to the incidence and causes of heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of symptom evaluation, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods, hospitalization, surgical treatments, and more.

Features:

• Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities with evidence-based recommendations
• Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies, cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology
• Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical procedures and devices, and more
• Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation
• Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be applied in any practice setting
• Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms

About this title

About the Authors

William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD Professor and Director NHMRC CCRE in Therapeutics Monash University/Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

From the Back Cover

The definitive one-stop guide to treating-and preventing-heart
failure

This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and
up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and
manage patients with heart failure. A major focus of the book is
integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit.
Coverage begins with a brief introduction on the incidence and causes of
heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of
symptom evaluation; pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods;
hospitalization; surgical treatments; and more.

Features:

Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities
with evidence-based recommendations
Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and
associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies,
cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology
Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone
antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical
procedures and devices, and more
Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation
Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be
applied in any practice setting
Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms

From the Inside Flap

Clinical guide for physicians treating patients with heart failure. The
book includes important detailed diagnostic and therapeutic strategies not
found in general cardiology textbooks.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071443150
• ISBN 13: 9780071443159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332