Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure
ISBN-10
0781762855
ISBN-13
9780781762854
Series
Congestive Heart Failure
Category
Medical
Pages
869
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Authors
Barry H. Greenberg, Jeffrey D. Hosenpud

Description

Written by recognized leaders in the field, Congestive Heart Failure, Third Edition is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference on all basic and clinical aspects of heart failure. Coverage includes an entire section on pharmacologic therapy and a twenty-chapter section on clinical approaches to acute and chronic heart failure. This edition has new chapters on impact and treatment of comorbidities, prevention of sudden cardiac death, rationale for use of anticoagulants, ultrafiltration, use of mechanical devices, and gene and cell therapy. Readers will find up-to-date information on genetics, surgical therapies, ventricular synchronization, defibrillator therapy, mechanical approaches to atrial fibrillation, left ventricular assist devices, ventricular support and ventricular remodeling surgery, and myocardial regeneration/cell transplantation.

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