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Chronic Heart Failure

I. Quality of Life II. Nitrate Therapy

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Herbert Viefhues

    1. Bochum (W), Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Wolfgang Schoene

    1. Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (W), Federal Republic of Germany

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  3. R. Rychlik

    1. Medizinische Forschung, Schwarz Pharma AG, Monheim (W), Federal Republic of Germany

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  4. Asher Kimchi

    1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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  5. Basil S. Lewis

    1. Cardiology Department, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel

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  6. Marija Weiss

    1. International Medical Affairs, Schwarz Pharma AG, Monheim (W), Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • A. Schneeweiss
      Pages 1-1

  3. Quality of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. The Pathophysiological Basis, Clinical Presentation, and Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure

      • M. Böhm, E. Erdmann
      Pages 5-26

    3. On the Epidemiology of Heart Failure

      • H. Viefhues
      Pages 27-32

    4. Mortality Versus Quality of Life

      • R. Rychlik
      Pages 33-40

    5. Quality of Life Assessment in Congestive Heart Failure: Points of View from a Cardiologist and a Psychologist

      • P. G. Hugenholtz, R. A. M. Erdman
      Pages 41-57

    6. From Heaven Through the World to the Earth

      • H. Viefhues
      Pages 58-65

    7. Quality of Life

      • H. Viefhues
      Pages 66-91

    8. Measuring the Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure

      • M. Bullinger, E. Pöppel
      Pages 92-103

    9. Quality of Life after Bypass and Valvular Surgery: Results of a Prospective Study

      • M. Bullinger, D. Naber
      Pages 104-117

    10. Guidelines for Improving Prognosis, Stress Tolerance, and Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure: Cardiological and Psychological Aspects

      • G. F. Hauf, W. Langosch
      Pages 118-131

    11. Quality of Life of Infants and Children with Cardiac Disease and Cardiac Failure Both Before and After Cardiac Surgery

      • E. W. Keck
      Pages 132-148

    12. Health Care and Economic Aspects of the Quality of Life of Heart Failure Patients

      • W. Pohl, J.-M. Graf v. d. Schulenburg
      Pages 149-164

    13. The Questionnaire as a Tool for the Empirical Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients with Cardiac Failure

      • R. Rychlik, D. Urbahn, P. Potthoff
      Pages 165-171

    14. Quality of Life: A Relevant Endpoint

      • H. Troidl
      Pages 172-185

    15. The Risk Factor Model and Life-Styles Relevant to Health

      • J. von Troschke
      Pages 186-193
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About this book

A. Schneeweiss Although the syndrome of congestive heart failure has been recognized many years ago, the approach for its evaluation and treatment has until recently, been partial and 'fragmentary'. Various aspects of the disease have been treated according to the evaluation tools and therapeutic measures available at each period. This approach resulted in some of the greatest achievements in the management of heart failure but also left many aspects neglected and also resulted in several paradoxes. Examples of the achievements and limitations of the 'fragmentary' ap­ proach are the use of diuretics and hemodynamic measurements. The devel­ opment of diuretics has provided us with an important tool for helping pa­ tients whose predominant problem was edema. The success of diuretics masked the fact that their use may often be hemodynamically unsound and that they may reduce cardiac output. Only many years after their introduction has the use of diuretics found its appropriate place. Hemodynamic monitoring has gone via the same path. The great contribu­ tion of continuous bedside hemodynamic measurements to understanding heart failure resulted in over-usage by many clinicians, who found themselves treating hemodynamic charts rather than patients. It took almost a decade to realize that hemodynamic improvement, even in the chronic setting, does not necessarily mean symptomatic improvement or an increase in exercise capac­ ity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bochum (W), Federal Republic of Germany

    Herbert Viefhues

  • Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (W), Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang Schoene

  • Medizinische Forschung, Schwarz Pharma AG, Monheim (W), Federal Republic of Germany

    R. Rychlik

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Asher Kimchi

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

    Basil S. Lewis

  • International Medical Affairs, Schwarz Pharma AG, Monheim (W), Federal Republic of Germany

    Marija Weiss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chronic Heart Failure

  • Book Subtitle: I. Quality of Life II. Nitrate Therapy

  • Editors: Herbert Viefhues, Wolfgang Schoene, R. Rychlik, Asher Kimchi, Basil S. Lewis, Marija Weiss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76433-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-76435-6Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-76433-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 282

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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