Novel Non-pharmacological Approaches to Heart Failure, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book


Book Description

In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editors Drs. Vijay Rao and Geetha Bhatt bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Novel Non-pharmacological Approaches to Heart Failure. Recent years have seen a multitude of new devices and non-pharmacologic approaches to heart failure (HF), which, in the properly selected patient, can have significant impacts on morbidity and mortality. This issue provides a contemporary summary of these innovative approaches from leaders in the field. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including barostimulation in HF; remote monitoring devices in HF; HIS bundle pacing in HF; A.fib ablation and HF (CASTLE-AF) and beyond; interatrial shunt devices; stem cell therapy in HF; novel approaches to sleep apnea in HF; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on novel non-pharmacological approaches to heart failure, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.




Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 5)


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Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related conditions cause more than 40 percent of all deaths globally, and their substantial burden is rising, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Their burden extends well beyond health effects to include significant economic and societal consequences. Most of these conditions are related, share risk factors, and have common control measures at the clinical, population, and policy levels. Lives can be extended and improved when these diseases are prevented, detected, and managed. This volume summarizes current knowledge and presents evidence-based interventions that are effective, cost-effective, and scalable in LMICs.




Advanced Heart Failure: from Pathophysiology to Clinical management, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book


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This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Giuseppe Pacileo, Daniele Masarone, Francesco Grigioni and Luciano Potena, will cover key topics in Advanced Heart Failure: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Management. This issue is one of four issues selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Eduardo Bossone. Topics discussed in this issue include (but are not limited to): Pathophysiology of advanced heart failure: what I need to know for clinical management?, Advanced heart failure: definition, epidemiology and clinical course, Echocardiography in advanced heart failure: beyond diagnosis, Disease modifier drugs in patients with advanced heart failure: How to optimize their use?, Congestion in patients with advanced heart failure: Assessment and treatment, Inotropes in patients with advanced heart failure: Not only palliative care, Cardiac resynchronization therapy and cardiac contractility modulation in patients with advanced heart failure: How to select the right candidate?, Mitral and tricuspid valves percutaneous repair in patients with advanced heart failure: Panacea, or Pandora's box?, Left ventricular assist device: Indication, timing and management, Listing criteria for heart transplant: Role of cardiopulmonary exercise test and of prognostic scores, Right heart catheterization in patients with advanced heart failure: when to perform, how to interpreter?, Advanced heart failure in special population: Cardiomyopathies, Advanced heart failure in special population: Pediatric age, Advanced heart failure in special population: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and Treatment of advanced heart failure: What future holds?. - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on advanced heart failure, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.




Cardiovascular Disability


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The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.




Acute Heart Failure


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For many years, there has been a great deal of work done on chronic congestive heart failure while acute heart failure has been considered a difficult to handle and hopeless syndrome. However, in recent years acute heart failure has become a growing area of study and this is the first book to cover extensively the diagnosis and management of this complex condition. The book reflects the considerable amounts of new data reported and many new concepts which have been proposed in the last 3-4 years looking at the epidemiology, diagnostic and treatment of acute heart failure.




The Breathless Heart


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This book systematically focuses on central sleep apneas, analyzing their relationship especially with heart failure and discussing recent research results and emerging treatment strategies based on feedback modulation. The opening chapters present historical background information on Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR), clarify terminology, and explain the mechanics and chemistry of respiration. Following a description of the physiology of respiration, the pathophysiology underlying central apneas in different disorders and particularly in heart failure is discussed. The similarities and differences of obstructive and central apneas are then considered. The book looks beyond the concept of sleep apnea to daytime CSR and periodic breathing during effort and contrasts the opposing views of CSR as a compensatory phenomenon or as detrimental to the failing heart. The diagnostic tools currently in use for the detection of CSR are thoroughly reviewed, with guidance on interpretation of findings. The book concludes by describing the various forms of treatment that are available for CSR and by explaining how to select patients for treatment.




Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book


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This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest edited by Geu-Ru Hong, will cover key topics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Eduardo Bossone. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Current Trends and Outcomes of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Pathogenesis and Phenotypes of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Hypertension and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Obesity in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Noninvasive Hemodynamic Evaluation at rest in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Clinical Phenogroups in Heart?Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and response to therapy, among others.




Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction, An issue of Heart Failure Clinics


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In this issue of Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Asad Ghafoor brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Top experts in the field cover issues such as choosing temporary mechanical support in cardiogenic shock; sequencing in quadruple therapy for HFrEF; the war against heart failure hospitalizations: remote monitoring and the case for expanding criteria; the uncertain benefit from ICDs in nonischemic cardiomyopathy; frailty and its spectrum of implications in HFrEF; and more. - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including HFrEF and COVID-19: unmasking health inequities during a pandemic; our goals for prevention versus treating HFrEF with modern tech; the economic burden of HFrEF: living longer but poorer?; obesity in heart failure; the value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ambulatory HFrEF; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.




Amiloid Cardiomyopathies: Clinical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics, E-Book


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In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editors Drs. Giuseppe Limongelli, Michele Emdin, Marco Merlo, and Claudio Rapezzi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Amyloid Cardiomyopathies: Clinical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects. Top experts in the field discuss the role of clinical use of biomarkers in cardiac amyloidosis; cardiac magnetic resonance in the management of cardiac amyloidosis; bone scintigraphy: strength points and pitfalls in the diagnosis of ATTR-cardiac amyloidosis; PET and cardiac amyloidosis; endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis; and much more. - Contains 17 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the changing epidemiology of cardiac amyloidosis; arrhythmic stratification of cardiac amyloidosis: state of the art; specific therapy in ATTR-related cardiomyopathy: future perspectives beyond tafamidis; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on amyloid cardiomyopathies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.




Cardiac Nursing E-Book


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Cardiac Nursing: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease is the only comprehensive text available for cardiac nurses. This brand-new reference emphasizes both evidence-based practice and hands-on care in a high-tech, high-touch approach that meets the high-stakes needs of cardiac and critical care nurses. What's more, the book makes the material easily accessible by using clear language, straightforward text, and plenty of illustrations, lists, and tables. This book is the third in a series of companion texts for Braunwald's Heart Disease and the first specifically for nurses. - Authored by the widely published, well-known co-editors of The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing--two leaders in cardiac nursing. - Endorsed by the authors of Braunwald's Heart Disease, including Eugene Braunwald, the physician considered by many to be the "father of modern cardiology." - Evidence-based Practice boxes highlight research-supported advances in knowledge and care practices. - Conundrum boxes helps readers hone their critical thinking skills by tackling tough questions for which there may be no easy answers. - Technology boxes keeps readers up to date with the latest technological advances. - Genetics boxes helps readers understand connections between genes and heart disease. - Pharmacology tables present important drug-related information at a glance. - A guide to cardiac abbreviations and acronyms gives nurses quick access to essential information.