A Colour Handbook of Heart Failure
Diagnosis, Investigation, Treatment

Michael Sosin, MRCP
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

Gurbir Bhatia, MRCP
City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Gregory Lip, MD FRCP FACC FESC
University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Michael Davies, BA MB BCHIR MA MRCP MD FRCP
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Using a strong evidence based approach the authors, who are heart failure specialists, aim to present a detailed overview of the syndrome of heart failure. They include the causes, pathophysiology, investigation, diagnosis and treatment (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) of heart failure with emphasis on recently-published evidence. The book is fully illustrated throughout using colour photographs, radiographic images, electrocardiograms and echocardiograms.

This book will be of interest to cardiologists and general physicians in training, general practitioners, cardiac technicians and nurses, and medical students.

Contents

1. Epidemiology
2. Clinical Features
3. Pathogenesis
4. Investigations
5. Drugs Affecting the Renin-Agiotensin-Aldosterone System & Diuretics
6. Beta blockers and Inotropes
7. Other Vasodilators: Nitrates & Calcium Channel Blockers
8. Antiarrhythmic and Antithrombotic Therapy in Heart Failure
9. Non Pharmacological Therapies for Heart Failure
10. Heart Failure in Primary Care
11. The Future of Heart Failure Management

Appendices

Index