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Heart Failure : a Comprehensive Guide to Pathophysiology and Clinical Care.
This book offers comprehensive information on all aspects of heart failure. Coverage includes information on the pathophysiology of heart failure, the clinical evaluation of patients with heart failure, and device therapy such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Springer London,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Molecular Changes in Heart Failure; Introduction; Compensatory Mechanisms; Cardiomyocyte Changes; Myocardium-Vascular Mismatch; Fibroblast Proliferation and Fibrosis; Excitation-Contraction Coupling; Sarcolemmal Proteins; Myocardial Metabolism in Heart Failure; Myocardial Inflammation in Heart Failure; Cell Death; Extracellular Matrix Changes in Heart Failure; Vascular Changes and Endothelial Dysfunction; Impaired Nitric Oxide Coupling; Biomarkers of Myocardial Remodelling; Cardiac Non-coding RNA; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 2: Hemodynamics and Heart Failure Introduction; Definition; Etiology; Clinical Presentation; Acute Decompensated Heart Failure; Chronic Heart Failure; Compensated and De-compensated Chronic Heart Failure; Pathophysiology; Valvular Heart Failure; Valvular Stenosis; Valvular Regurgitation; Unilateral Heart Failure; Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy; Constrictive Pericarditis; Pathophysiology; Clinical Presentation; Restrictive Cardiomyopathy; Clinical Presentation; Constrictive Pericarditis Versus Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
- Constriction Versus RV Infarction and TamponadeReferences; Chapter 3: Imaging and Heart Failure; Introduction; Chest Radiography; Echocardiography; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Cardiac Nuclear Medicine; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Acute and Chronic Right Ventricular Failure; Introduction; Anatomy and Physiology of the Right Ventricle; Right Ventricular Adaptations to Disease States; Acute Pressure Overload; Ischemia; Chronic Pressure Overload; Chronic Volume Overload; Intrinsic Myocardial Disease.
- Diagnosis and Assessment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Failure Non-invasive Imaging Studies; Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment; Prognosis of Right Ventricular Failure; Management of Right Ventricular Failure; Preload; Afterload; Contractility; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System; Introduction; The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System; Activation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System; Effects of RAAS Activation; Inhibition of Raas; Ace-Inhibition; Angiotensin Receptor Blockade; Aldosterone Inhibition.