Management of Heart Failure

This volume presents a fresh international perspective on current approaches to treating heart failure. An accessible reference for hospital-based specialists, the book provides an update on recent advances in therapeutics and pharmacology, as well as ongoing trials. Four major sections concentrate on a review of screening, assessment and diagnosis; an update on drug treatments; an update on device therapy; and a description of best practice recommendations for managing clinically challenging cases. Barry Greenberg (Editor), Denise Barnard (Co-Editor), Sanjiv Narayan (Co-Editor), John Teerlink (Co-Editor) CONTENTS Section 1 Preventing and evaluation heart failure   1 Preventing heart failure Barry H. Greenberg, MD and Denise Barnard, MD   2 Biomarkers in heart failure Leo Slavin, MD, Thomas K. Ro, MD and Alan S. Maisel, MD, FACC   3 Imaging the failing heart Nico R. Van de Veire, MD, PhD and Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD   Section 2 Treatment modalities   4 Neurohormonal blocking agents in treatment of patients with left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure Ruchika Dutta, MD and Barry H. Greenberg, MD   5 Digoxin, diuretics, and vasodilators in heart failure Dawn Lombardo, MD   6 Management of comorbidity in chronic heart failure Justin A. Ezekowitz, MBBCh, MSc, FRCPC and Michael A. McDonald, MD, FRCPC   7 Emerging therapies for heart failure Barry H. Greenberg, MD and John G.F. Cleland, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC   Section 3 Device and anti-arrhythmic therapy of heart failure   8 Preventing sudden cardiac arrest in the heart failure patient Sanjiv M. Narayan, MB, MD, FACC 9 Cardiac resynchronization therapy: indications for treatment and strategies for optimizing results Sanjiv M. Narayan, MB, MD, FACC   10 Treatment of atrial arrhythmias in heart failure patients D. O’Neill, MB, BCh, BAO, DPhil; Matthew Wright, MBBS, PhD; Pierre Ja¨ıs, MD; Sebastien Knecht, MD; Isabelle, Nault, MD; Seiichiro Matsuo, MD; Shinsuke Miyazaki, MD; Andrej Pernat, MD, Amir Jadidi, M.D; Sei Matsuo, MD; Fr´ed´eric Sacher, MD; D. Wyn Davies, MD, FRCP, FHRS; Jacques Cl´ementy, MD; Michel Ha¨ıssaguerre, MD; M´el`eze, Hocini MD   11 Devices for following heart failure patients Philip B. Adamson, MD, FACC   Section 4 Individualizing treatment of heart failure   12 Recognising and managing the patient with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction Margaret M. Redfield, MD   13 Treating systolic heart failure Vijay U. Rao, MD, PhD and John R. Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC   14 Treatment of acutely decompensated heart failure John R. Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC 15 Management of advanced heart failure Ronald Freudenberger, MD   Index