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Acute Heart Failure Putting the Puzzle of Pathophysiology and Evidence Together in Daily Practice /

Acute heart failure is a potentially life threatening situation where correct, rapid therapy can have a life saving impact. In this rapidly changing area of medicine this text aims to bring the latest understanding of the pathophysiology together with a practical guide to diagnosis and management us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kr<U+00fc>ger, Wolfgang. (Author), Ludman, Andrew J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2009.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Human physiology.
Anesthesiology.
Internal medicine.
Cardiology.
Medicine & Public Health.
Internal Medicine.
Human Physiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Cardiac physiology of acute heart failure syndromes
  • 1.1 Cardiac performance
  • 1.2 The fundamental equation of the circulation
  • 1.3 Preload
  • 1.4 Haemodynamic monitoring
  • 1.5 Afterload
  • 1.6 Contractility
  • 1.7 Heart rate and contractility
  • 1.8 Diastolic ventricular interaction (DVI)
  • 1.9 Ventriculo-arterial coupling
  • 1.10 Evaluation and assessment of cardiac performance
  • 1.11 Summary
  • 2 Acute heart failure syndromes
  • 2.1 Definition
  • 2.2 Classification of acute heart failure syndromes
  • 2.3 Aetiology and epidemiology
  • 2.4 Pathophysiology
  • 2.5 Data on clinical presentation and diagnosis
  • 2.6 Therapy
  • 2.7 Valvular heart disease presenting as heart failure
  • 2.8 Summary
  • 3 Cardiogenic shock
  • 3.1 Definition
  • 3.2 Epidemiology
  • 3.3 Aetiology
  • 3.4 Pathophysiological aspects and special features
  • 3.5 Clinical features and diagnostic remarks
  • 3.6 Therapy
  • 3.7 Summary
  • 4 Acute right heart failure
  • 4.1 Definition
  • 4.2 Epidemiology and aetiology
  • 4.3 Physiological and pathophysiological aspects
  • 4.4 Diagnostic aspects
  • 4.5 Therapy
  • 4.6 Summary
  • 5 Heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (HFNEF)
  • 5.1 Definition
  • 5.2 Epidemiology and aetiology
  • 5.3 Pathophysiology
  • 5.4 Clinical Features
  • 5.5 Therapeutic considerations
  • 5.6 Summary. .

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