Chronic heart failure /

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Between 1-2% of the adult population have chronic heart failure, with 6-10% of people over the age of 65 years suffering from the disorder. While the age-adjusted incidence of chronic heart failure has remained stable over the last 20 years, its prevalence has increased with over one million cases i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kearney, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford cardiology library.
Subjects:
Heart failure > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Insuffisance cardiaque > Guides, manuels, etc.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Heart.
MEDICAL > Cardiology.
Heart failure
Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Aetiology and epidemiology of chronic heart failure; 2 Pathophysiology of systolic heart failure; 3 Investigation of patients with suspected chronic heart failure; 4 Assessment of prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure; 5 Blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; 6 Beta-blockers and chronic heart failure; 7 Device therapy; 8 Inherited cardiomyopathies; 9 Chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; 10 Comorbidities associated with chronic heart failure; 11 Heart failure in the elderly; 12 Advanced heart failure; IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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