Clinical Cases in Heart Failure

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. New-Onset LV Dysfunction

   • Aferdita Spahillari, Olivia N. Severdija, Donya Mohebali

   Pages 1-14

3. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

   • Aalap Chokshi, Amanda R. Vest

   Pages 15-32

4. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

   • Sunit Preet Chaudhry, Siddique A. Abbasi

   Pages 33-42

5. Valvular Disease and Heart Failure: Mitral Regurgitation

   • Ravi V. Shah, G. William Dec

   Pages 43-50

6. Valvular Disease and Heart Failure: Aortic Stenosis

   • Steven Gannon, Siddique A. Abbasi

   Pages 51-56

7. Low Output Heart Failure

   • Jeremy Robbins, Marwa A. Sabe

   Pages 57-64

8. Management of Stage D Heart Failure

   • Ian McCormick, Pablo A. Quintero

   Pages 65-81

9. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

   • Danyaal S. Moin, Gregory Lewis

   Pages 83-89

10. Management of Cardiogenic Shock

    • Robert A. Montgomery, Robb Kociol

    Pages 91-116

11. Back Matter

    Pages 117-120

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This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians. It is well illustrated and diverse in scope, enabling the reader to obtain relevant clinical information regarding both standard and unusual cases in heart failure in a rapid, easy to digest format.


Clinical cases are a key component in modern medical education, assisting the trainee or recertifying clinician to work through unusual cases using best practice techniques. Cardiology is a key discipline in this regard and is a highly visual subject requiring the reader to describe often very subtle differences in the presentation of patients and define accurately the diagnostic and management criteria on which to base their clinical decision-making. This title therefore provides valuable assistance to trainees and clinicians alike in evaluating patients

and defining an appropriate procedure for each case covered.

• cardiomyopathy
• Acute decompensated heart failure
• ventricular assist devices
• aortic stenosis
• heart failure
• Acute myocardial infarction

“This is a great book for all cardiologists. It can strengthen one's understanding of acute decompensated heart failure and its management. It is certainly a must read for cardiology fellows, especially those pursuing the subspecialty of heart failure. I would recommend this book to all my colleagues in the discipline of cardiology.” (Sanbir S. Sidhu, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2018)

• Department of Medicine and Cardiology , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, USA

  Ravi V. Shah

• Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, USA

  Siddique A. Abbasi

Ravi V. Shah, MD, is a cardiologist with research and clinical expertise in heart failure and advanced circulatory support.  He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and he completed an internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and advanced heart failure fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.  In addition, he completed a research fellowship in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.  He is widely published in heart failure, cardiometabolic disease, and cardiovascular imaging. He is a heart failure consultant at the Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, MA, USA.

Siddique A. Abbasi, MD, is a cardi

ologist with a background in advanced cardiovascular imaging.  He earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University, and he completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.  He completeda clinical cardiology fellowship at the University of Illinois in Chicago, IL, USA followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, USA. He is the director of the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and heart failure programs at the Providence VA Medical Center in Providence, RI, USA.

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