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Heart Failure

  • Broadly covers heart failure from genetics and symptoms through to treatment and preventative methodologies
  • Provides a disease-based perspective of heart failure
  • Features clear easy to understand treatment boxes in each chapter to reinforce key concepts covered in each chapter

Part of the book series: Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Definition, Epidemiology & Etiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Epidemiology of Heart Failure

      • Ulf Dahlström
      Pages 3-36
  3. Pathophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
    2. Inter- and Intracellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling, Hypertrophy and Dysfunction

      • Joerg Heineke, Tibor Kempf, Johann Bauersachs
      Pages 39-56
    3. Inflammation and Innate Immunity

      • Stefan Frantz
      Pages 57-59
  4. Special Pathophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Comorbidities and Co-Existing Conditions in Heart Failure Around Pregnancy

      • Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Johann Bauersachs, Karen Sliwa
      Pages 63-70
    3. Myocardial Dysfunction Associated with Cancer Therapy

      • Margot K. Davis, Sean A. Virani
      Pages 71-79
  5. Diagnostics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. Diagnosis of Heart Failure

      • Kevin J. Clerkin, Donna M. Mancini, Lars H. Lund
      Pages 83-101
  6. Hospitalized Patients and Comorbidities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Inpatient Therapeutic Options

      • Michael M. Kreusser, Philip W. Raake
      Pages 165-170
    3. Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure

      • Otmar Pfister
      Pages 171-178
    4. Psychological Comorbidities in Heart Failure

      • Christiane E. Angermann, Julia Wallenborn
      Pages 179-189

About this book

This textbook offers an up-to-date, user-friendly guide on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Each chapter is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of every aspect of heart failure from cardiac signs and symptoms through imaging and the genetic basis for disease to surgery, interventions, treatment and preventative cardiology.
 
Heart Failure provides the trainee and practising cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, vascular surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac radiologist and any physician who manages cardiac patients with a valuable resource featuring extensive guidance on the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions related to heart failure.

Reviews

“This is an advanced level book that would be appropriate for any cardiologist, regardless of subspecialty. … This is a concise book on heart failure that aims to distill current practices and guidelines in both the U.S. and Europe. In addition, it offers some fundamentals about heart failure. As written, it is correctly intended for cardiologists as well as subspecialists. … Overall, it is a good choice for training or practicing cardiologists.” (Arjun Makam, Doody's Book Reviews, July 26, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

    David S. Feldman

  • Clinic im Park, Cardiovascular Center Zürich, Hirslanden Zurich, Switzerland

    Paul Mohacsi

About the editors

Professor David S. Feldman, MD, is a Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) specialist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended and graduated from Medical College Of Georgia in 1994, having over 24 years of diverse experience, especially in Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology). He is affiliated with many hospitals including Abbott Northwestern Hospital, University Of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. David S. Feldman also cooperates with other doctors and physicians in medical groups including Allina Health System.

Professor Paul Mohacsi, MD is staff member at the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the University Hospital Basel and was till 2017 chief cardiologist at the Department of Cardiology of the University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern, Switzerland, and full Professor of heart failure and Medical Director of heart failure, cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist device therapy at the same institution.

Dr. Mohacsi is Swiss board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and was postdoctoral fellow at Prof. Randall E. Morris’ lab at Stanford University, USA. He has over 30 years of clinical experience. He was founding executive board member of EUROMACS (European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support e.V.). He was member of several steering committees and data safety monitoring boards.

Dr. Mohacsi is past-president of the Swiss Working Group on Heart Failure of the Swiss Society of Cardiology and honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology. He was visiting professor at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver/BC (2010).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heart Failure

  • Editors: David S. Feldman, Paul Mohacsi

  • Series Title: Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98184-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98182-6Published: 06 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98184-0Published: 21 February 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2363-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 109.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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