Heart Failure Mechanisms and Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVIII

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2. Molecular and Biochemical Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Autonomic Receptor Function in Congestive Heart Failure

      • C. Rosendorff

      Pages 3-14

   3. Beta-Adrenoceptors in Heart Failure: A Mechanism or a cAMP Follower?

      • S. E. Harding, P. A. Poole-Wilson

      Pages 15-20

   4. Anti-β-Adrenoceptor Autoantibodies with β-Adrenergic Agonistic Activity from Patients with Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy

      • G. Wallukat, V. Boewer, A. Förster, A. Wollenberger

      Pages 21-29

3. Pathophysiological Aspects of Heart Failure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Heart Failure: Etiological Models and Therapeutic Challenges

      • E. H. Sonnenblick, T. H. LeJemtel, P. Anversa

      Pages 33-41

   3. Vascular Compliance in Heart Failure: A Contributor to Impedance, and the Response to Vasodilator Drugs

      • J. N. Cohn, S. Finkelstein, S. Kubo, G. McVeigh, K. McDonald, D. Burns et al.

      Pages 42-44

   4. Cardiac and Baroreflex Control of the Circulation in Heart Failure

      • I. H. Zucker

      Pages 45-55

4. Ventricular Function in Heart Failure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Matching of Ventricular Properties with Arterial Load Under Normal and Variably Depressed Cardiac States

      • S. Sasayama

      Pages 59-67

   3. Targeting Evaluation and Treatment of Heart Failure by Pressure-Volume Relations

      • D. A. Kass, W. L. Maughan

      Pages 68-78

   4. Importance of the Pericardium in Relation to Normal and Abnormal Ventricular Diastolic Function

      • R. Shabetai

      Pages 79-86

5. Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques in the Assessment of Patients with Heart Failure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Radionuclide Evaluation of Ventricular Performance in Congestive Heart Failure: An Overview

      • B. L. Zaret, R. Soufer

      Pages 89-98

   3. New Method for the Assessment of Right Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Using Digital Subtraction Right Ventriculography

      • F. P. Chappuis, P. A. Dorsaz, W. Rutishauser

      Pages 99-104

6. Heart Failure in Acute Ischemic Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Immediately After Acute Coronary Artery Occlusion

      • M. E. Bertrand, J. M. Lablanche, J. L. Fourrier, A. Gommeaux, I. Mirsky

      Pages 107-120

   3. Can Thrombolysis Prevent Ischemic Heart Failure?

      • P. G. Hugenholtz

      Pages 121-133

   4. Acute Right Ventricular Infarction: Pathogenesis of Low Systemic Output and Therapeutic Implications

      • K. Chatterjee

      Pages 134-141

Following remarkable advances in medical care. the past decade has witnessed a significant improvement in the survival of patients with many different forms of heart disease. In the majority ofcases. however. the advances have been pa lIiative and not curative. The resu It has been the prod uction of an ever-increasing population of patients with heart disease. many of whom suffer from myocardial dysfunction and latent or overt heart failure. Heart failure is now a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cardiac patients. This book aims to combine in a single volume data relating to both pathophysiological mechanisms and the clinical management of the patient with heart failure. It includes chapters dealing with molecular. biochemical. and pathophysiological aspects of heart failure. ven­ tricular function and its assessment. and the clinical aspects of heart failure in different cardiac disorders, including ischemic heart disease. valvular heart disease. and the cardiomyopathies. There are sections on pharmacotherapy. the role of arrhythmias, exercise physiology. and neurohumoral mechanisms. The book also deals with newer inter­ ventional techniques. newer surgical procedures and some current problems relating to cardiac assist devices and heart and heart-lungs transplantation.

• Herztransplantation
• Herzversagen
• Ventrikelstörungen
• physiology
• transplantation

• Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel

  Basil S. Lewis

• University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  Asher Kimchi

• Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA

  Asher Kimchi

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