Heart Failure: A Practical Approach to Treatment - Couverture rigide

Abraham, William; Krum, Henry

 
9780071443159: Heart Failure: A Practical Approach to Treatment
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ISBN 10 : 0071443150 ISBN 13 : 9780071443159
Editeur : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007

Synopsis

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The definitive one-stop guide to treating -- and preventing -- heart failure

This practical reference provides all the expert guidance and up-to-the-minute clinical perspectives you need to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with heart failure.A major focus of the book is integration of various management approaches to maximize patient benefit. Coverage begins with a brief introduction to the incidence and causes of heart failure, then quickly moves into a more thorough clinical overview of symptom evaluation, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment methods, hospitalization, surgical treatments, and more.

Features:

  • Clear, step-by-step coverage of prevention and all treatment modalities with evidence-based recommendations
  • Full examination of the types of heart failure, prevalence, morbidity and associated co-morbidities, mortality, risk factors, etiologies, cardiomyopathies, and pathophysiology
  • Key perspectives on the use of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, aldosterone antagonists, IV vasoactive medications, diuretics, digitalis, surgical procedures and devices, and more
  • Need-to-know procedures for patient evaluation
  • Heart failure disease management programs and pathways of care that can be applied in any practice setting
  • Clinically relevant diagrams, figures, and algorithms

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À propos des auteurs

William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD Professor and Director NHMRC CCRE in Therapeutics Monash University/Alfred Hospital Commercial Road Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Éditeur
McGraw-Hill Medical
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0071443150
ISBN 13 
9780071443159
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
332
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Personne responsable
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