DescriptionThe definitive one-stop guide to treating-and preventing-heart failure. This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with heart failure. A major focus of the book is integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit. Coverage begins with a brief introduction on the incidence and causes of heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of symptom evaluation; pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods; hospitalization; surgical treatments; and more. Features:
Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities with evidence-based recommendations.
Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies, cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology.
Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical procedures and devices, and more.
Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation.
Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be applied in any practice setting.
Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms.
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