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Acute Heart Failure

Putting the Puzzle of Pathophysiology and Evidence Together in Daily Practice

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Krüger

    1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, UK

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  2. Andrew J. Ludman

    1. Division of Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, London, UK

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  • Unique, evidenced based review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes putting the insights and facts together
  • For easy use in everyday clinical practice
  • Heavily referenced, allowing the reader to easily refer to the original experimental studies

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Cardiac physiology of acute heart failure syndromes

    Pages 1-45

  3. Acute heart failure syndromes

    Pages 47-70

  4. Cardiogenic shock

    Pages 71-87

  5. Acute right heart failure

    Pages 89-111

  6. Heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (HFNEF)

    Pages 113-128

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 129-178
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About this book

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 using a thoroughly evidence based approach. This will appeal to a wide audience of health care professionals who will treat patients with acute heart failure, including doctors, medical students, nurses, and other professionals in the Emergency Department, General Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics, Cardiology (Medicine and Surgery) and Critical Care settings. It may be used as an evidence based guide for the junior practitioner or as an aide-memoire for the more senior.

Always keeping the underlying pathophysiology at the forefront of the discussion, the reader is encouraged to understand the aetiology of the acute situation and how to direct management in order to correct the abnormal physiology. Each chapter is heavily referenced allowing the reader to easily refer to the original experimental studies and pursue topics in more detail if required. This text is a valuable addition to any practitioner who treats patients with acute heart failure and wants a deeper understanding of the condition.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, UK

    Wolfgang Krüger

  • Division of Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, London, UK

    Andrew J. Ludman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Acute Heart Failure

  • Book Subtitle: Putting the Puzzle of Pathophysiology and Evidence Together in Daily Practice

  • Authors: Wolfgang Krüger, Andrew J. Ludman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0022-4

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0346-0022-4Published: 31 May 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 178

  • Topics: Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Human Physiology

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