- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- 1 What is heart failure?
- 2 Heart failure syndromes
- 3 The epidemiology of heart failure
- 4 The classical causes of heart failure
- 5 The genetics of heart failure
- 6 Metabolic heart failure
- 7 Adult congenital heart disease
- 8 Infective and infiltrative causes of heart failure
- 9 Iatrogenic heart failure
- 10 Intracellular calcium handling in heart failure
- 11 Myocardial energetics
- 12 The failing cardiomyocyte
- 13 The pathophysiology of heart failure
- 14 Cardiac natriuretic peptides and heart failure
- 15 Vasopressin
- 16 Cytokines and inflammatory markers
- 17 Diagnosing heart failure
- 18 Basic investigation of heart failure
- 19 Echocardiography
- 20 Nuclear medicine in heart failure
- 21 Heart failure imaged by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- 22 CT imaging techniques
- 23 Metabolic exercise testing in chronic heart failure
- 24 Invasive investigation
- 25 Prognostication
- 26 Diastolic heart failure
- 27 Right heart failure
- 28 Anaemia
- 29 Renal dysfunction
- 30 Chronic lung disease
- 31 Pulmonary hypertension
- 32 Diabetes mellitus
- 33 Valvular heart disease
- 34 Sleep-disordered breathing
- 35 Arthritis
- 36 Arrhythmias
- 37 Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and vasodilators
- 38 b-Adrenoreceptor antagonists and heart failure
- 39 Aldosterone antagonists
- 40 Angiotensin receptor blockers
- 41 Therapeutic control of fluid balance in chronic heart failure
- 42 Digoxin
- 43 Antithrombotic agents
- 44 Inotropes, pressors, and vasodilators
- 45 Cardiac rehabilitation and chronic heart failure
- 46 Nonpharmacological management
- 47 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure
- 48 Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- 49 Heart transplantation
- 50 Revascularization and remodelling surgery
- 51 Ventricular assist devices, including intra-aortic balloon pumps
- 52 Mitral valve surgery in heart failure
- 53 Ventilatory strategies in acute heart failure
- 54 Multidisciplinary heart failure management programmes
- 55 End of life
- 56 Monitoring
- 57 The future
- Index
List of abbreviations
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- 1 What is heart failure?
- 2 Heart failure syndromes
- 3 The epidemiology of heart failure
- 4 The classical causes of heart failure
- 5 The genetics of heart failure
- 6 Metabolic heart failure
- 7 Adult congenital heart disease
- 8 Infective and infiltrative causes of heart failure
- 9 Iatrogenic heart failure
- 10 Intracellular calcium handling in heart failure
- 11 Myocardial energetics
- 12 The failing cardiomyocyte
- 13 The pathophysiology of heart failure
- 14 Cardiac natriuretic peptides and heart failure
- 15 Vasopressin
- 16 Cytokines and inflammatory markers
- 17 Diagnosing heart failure
- 18 Basic investigation of heart failure
- 19 Echocardiography
- 20 Nuclear medicine in heart failure
- 21 Heart failure imaged by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- 22 CT imaging techniques
- 23 Metabolic exercise testing in chronic heart failure
- 24 Invasive investigation
- 25 Prognostication
- 26 Diastolic heart failure
- 27 Right heart failure
- 28 Anaemia
- 29 Renal dysfunction
- 30 Chronic lung disease
- 31 Pulmonary hypertension
- 32 Diabetes mellitus
- 33 Valvular heart disease
- 34 Sleep-disordered breathing
- 35 Arthritis
- 36 Arrhythmias
- 37 Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and vasodilators
- 38 b-Adrenoreceptor antagonists and heart failure
- 39 Aldosterone antagonists
- 40 Angiotensin receptor blockers
- 41 Therapeutic control of fluid balance in chronic heart failure
- 42 Digoxin
- 43 Antithrombotic agents
- 44 Inotropes, pressors, and vasodilators
- 45 Cardiac rehabilitation and chronic heart failure
- 46 Nonpharmacological management
- 47 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure
- 48 Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- 49 Heart transplantation
- 50 Revascularization and remodelling surgery
- 51 Ventricular assist devices, including intra-aortic balloon pumps
- 52 Mitral valve surgery in heart failure
- 53 Ventilatory strategies in acute heart failure
- 54 Multidisciplinary heart failure management programmes
- 55 End of life
- 56 Monitoring
- 57 The future
- Index