Heart Failure

FOREWORD; SECTION 1 - CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; 1. Definition, epidemiology and pathophysiology; 2. Diagnosis and investigation; 3. Estimating prognosis; 4. Non-pharmacological management; 5. Pharmacological management; 6. Device therapy; 7. Revascularisation; 8. Other surgical techniques; 9. Cardiac transplantation; SECTION 2 - CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND CO-MORBID CONDITIONS; 10. The patient with heart failure and angina; 11. The patient with heart failure and arrhythmias; 12. The patient with heart failure and arthritis; 13. The patient with heart failure and anaemia; 14. The patient with heart failure and adult congenital heart disease; 15. The patient with heart failure and diabetes; 16. The patient with heart failure and obstructive lung disease; 17. The patient with heart failure and renal dysfunction; 18. The patient with heart failure and valvular disease; 19. The patient with heart failure and specific heart muscle disease; 20. The patient with heart failure and preserved systolic function; 21. The patient with heart failure and sleep-disordered breathing; 22. The patient with heart failure and cancer; SECTION 3 - ACUTE HEART FAILURE; 23. Acute Heart Failure - from definition to diagnosis; 24. Acute Heart Failure - management; SECTION 4 - PROCEDURES; 25. Central venous cannulation; 26. Cardiac catheterisation; 27. Cardiac biopsy; 28. IABP insertion; 29. Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing; 30. The assessment of dysynchrony; SECTION 5 - DETAILED PHARMACOLOGY AND EVIDENCE-BASE FOR DRUGS; 31. ACE inhibitors; 32. Beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists; 33. Aldosterone antagonists; 34. Angiotensin receptor antagonists; 35. Diuretics; 36. Inotropes and Vasopressors; 37. Vasodilators; SECTION 6; 38. How to set up and run a heart failure clinic; SECTION 7; 39. End of life issues

The book's aim of covering all aspects necessary to manage a patient with both acute and chronic heart failure is achieved, especially with regard to end-of-life issues...the quality of images is good, with plenty of diagrams, tables and figures...as well as evidence for use of different pharmacological therapies, it also highlights the importance of non-pharmacological approaches, including cardiac resynchronisation, surgical treatments, and transplantation. Widespread use of this useful book should lead to the authors' goal of facilitating the practice of optimal-based management of heart failure to improve outcomes. Cardiology News Oxford's Heart Failure succeeds in its scope, scale, clarity, and its sheer informativeness. From the standpoint of the healthcare professional in the various theatres of practice this excellent publication will not only educate them thoroughly about heart failure, it will also guide them in the practical aspects of actually how to perform the diagnostic tests, do the procedures, calculate the infusion rates or doses of medications and look after the patient properly. from the foreword by Professor Henry Dargie