Manual of Heart Failure Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bisognano, John D. (Editor), Earley, Mary Beth. (Editor), Baker, Marc L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Angiography.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Angiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-185-9

Heart Failure (HF) is a chronic progressive disease with less than 50 percent of patients living five years after their initial diagnosis, and less than 25 percent are alive at 10 years. Our current system of HF care, characterized by a cycle of acute hospitalizations and acute episodic outpatient c...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Management of Hypertension in Heart Failure
• 2. Coronary Artery Disease Prevention
• 3. Heart Failure in Women
• 4. Systolic Heart Failure
• 5. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
• 6. Valvular Heart Failure
• 7. Pharmacologic Therapy
• 8. Surgical Options in the Treatment of Heart Failure
• 9. Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices
• 10. Cardiac Transplantation
• 11. Palliative Care and CHF chapter
• 12. Device therapy in heart failure
• 13. Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
• 14. Heart Failure Clinics: A Strategy for Success
• 15. Patient Self Management Strategies for Heart Failure
• 16. Nutrition Interventions in Heart Failure
• 17. Psychological Considerations
• 18. Inpatient Nursing Management
• 19. Physical Activity in Heart Failure.