Hardcover, 144 pages
261 x 194 mm page size
109 colour illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-84076-059-0
Price £40.00
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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.
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