Synopsis
I. Epidemiology.- 1. Cardiac disease in chronic uremia: An overview.- 2. Lessons from Framingham: Cardiac disease in the general population.- 3. The natural history of myocardial disease in dialysis patients.- 4. Ischemic heart disease in chronic renal failure: Demography, epidemiology, and pathogenesis.- 5. Cardiac arrhythmias in end-stage renal disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and management.- II. Pathogenesis.- 6. Cardiac pathology in chronic renal failure.- 7. Etiology of left ventricular dysfunction in end-stage renal failure.- 8. Left ventricular dysfunction in end-stage renal disease: Echocardiographic insights.- 9. Parathyroid hormone and the myocardiopathy of chronic renal failure.- 10. Anemia and left ventricular function in end-stage renal disease.- 11. The effect of dialysis on left ventricular contractility.- 12. Atherogenesis in chronic renal failure.- 13. The heart in diabetic nephropathy.- III. Management.- 14. The management of congestive heart failure in uremic patients.- 15. The management of coronary artery disease in patients with end-stage renal disease.- 16. Therapy of hypertension in end-stage renal disease.- 17. The use of cardiovascular drugs in chronic renal failure.- 18. Dialysis therapy in patients with cardiac disease.
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