1st Edition

Heart Failure An Essential Clinical Guide

406 Pages 121 Color & 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

406 Pages 121 Color & 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This "patient-oriented" book was written as a meeting ground for practicing clinicians, allied health professionals, and clinical researchers to provide a practical guide for the contemporary assessment and management of patients with heart failure and cardiomyopathy. It revolves around broad patient scenarios to elegantly (or expertly) guide diagnostic and management strategies. Combining the... Read more

I. Basic Concepts in HF

1. Definitions and Clinical Diagnosis of Heart Failure

Katerina K. Naka, MD PhD and Aris Bechlioulis, MD PhD

2. Epidemiology of Heart Failure

Lampros Papadimitriou, MD PhD, Prabhjot Grewal, MD and Andreas Kalogeropoulos, MD MPH PhD

3.Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Jacob Cao, MD, John O’Sullivan, MD PhD and Sean Lal, MD PhD

4. The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Vishal N. Rao, MD MPH and Kishan S. Parikh, MD

5. Principles of Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy

Erika L. Hellenbart, PharmD BCPS, Stephanie M. Dwyer, PharmD BCCP and Robert J. DiDomenico, PharmD BCPS-AQ Cardiology

6. Implantable Device Therapy in Heart Failure

Maxwell Eyram Afari, MD and Lana Tsao, MD

II. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

7. Pathophysiology and Clinical Evaluation of The Patient with Acute Heart Failure

George Bakosis, MD MS, Vasiliki Bistola, MD, Eftyhia Polyzogopoulou, MD PhD and John Parissis, MD PhD

8. Therapeutic Approaches in Acute HF

Getu Teressa, MD PhD, Rachel A, Bright, BS and Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, MD MPH PhD

9. Advanced Therapeutic Options in Acute HF

Tiffany Dong, MD, Aditi Nayak, MD and Alanna Morris MD, MSc

III. Managing Chronic Heart Failure

10. Outpatient Management of Stable Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Leah Reid MD, Jonathan Murrow MD, Kent Nilsson MD and Catherine Marti MD MSc

11. Exercise and Rehabilitation in HF

Audrey Borghi-Silva, PhD PT, Flávia Rossi Caruso. PhD PT amd Renata Gonçalves Mendes, PhD PT

12. The Patient with Ischemic Heart Failure

Konstantinos Aznaouridis, MD PhD, Constantina Masoura, MD PhD and Charalambos Vlachopoulos, MD PhD

13.The Non-Ischemic HF Patient

Maria – Anna Bazmpani, MD PhD and Theodoros D. Karamitsos, MD PhD

14. Valvular Heart Disease and Heart Failure

Kali Polytarchou, MD and Constantina Aggeli, MD PhD

15. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

Jodie L. Kenes, MD, Richard B. Stacey, MD and Bharathi Upadhya, MD

16.Heart Failure with Recovered Ejection Fraction (HFrecEF) and Heart Failure with Midrange Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF)

Amil M. Shah, MD MPH and Jenine E. John, MD

17. The Advanced HF Patient

Eran Kalmanovich, MD, Philippe Gaudard. MD and François Roubille, MD

18. Palliative Care and Advanced Directives in Heart Failure

Melissa Owen, PhD, RN, FHFSA, CNE and Debbie A. Gunter RN, MN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

IV. Managing cardiovascular comorbidities in heart failure

19. Management of Hypertension in Heart Failure

Jesse Kane, MD, Clive Goulbourne, MD and Hal. A. Skopicki, MD PhD

20. Management df Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, MD PhD and Aris Bechlioulis, MD PhD

21. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure

Antonis S. Manolis, MD PhD, Antonis A. Manolis, DPT, MS and Theodora A. Manolis, MD

V. Noncardiac Comorbidities and HF

22. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes

Tiffany Dong, MD and Salim S. Hayek, MD

23. The Patient with Renal Dysfunction

Alexandros Briasoulis, MD PhD, Kristine Yumul, MD and Paulino Alvarez, MD

24. The Patient with Anemia and Iron Deficiency

Haye H. van der Wal, MD and Peter van der Meer, MD, PhD

25. Management of Neurologic and Psychiatric Illness in the Patient with Heart Failure

Gregory Kalaitzidis, MD and Evangelos Pavlos Myserlis, MD

 

VI. The Patient with Right Heart Disease

26. Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure from Left Heart Disease

Anjan Tibrewala, MD and Jonathan D. Rich, MD

27. The Patient with Non-Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension

Sophia Anastasia Mouratoglou, MD MSc PhD and George Giannakoulas, MD PhD

VII. Special Cases of HF

28. Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Andrew Constantine, MD, Ana Barradas-Pires, MD MSc, Isma Rafiq, MD, Justyna Rybicka, MD, Michael A Gatzoulis, MD and Konstantinos Dimopoulos, MD

29. Cancer Therapies and Cardiac Dysfunction

Victoria Schuster, MD MS, Katherine Godfrey, BA and Michelle E. Bloom, MD

30. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Pregnancy

Anita Saraf, MD PhD and Fred H. Rodriguez III, MD

31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Marco Merlo, MD, Alessia Paldino, MD, Giulia De Angelis., MD and Gianfranco Sinagra, MD

32. Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo Syndrome)

Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, MD, Juan Guido Chiabrando, MD, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Krishna Ravindra, MD and Antonio Abbate, MD

33. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Ahmad Masri, MD MS and Stephen B. Heitner, MD

34. Myocarditis

George Lazaros, MD PhD, Emilia Lazarou, MD and Dimitris Tousoulis, MDPhD

35. Infiltrative Diseases: Amyloid

Melissa Lyle, MD and Kunal Bhatt, MD

36. Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Fabry Disease and Iron-overload Cardiomyopathy

Arthur Qi, BSc, Quynh Nguyen, BSc, Haran Yogasundaram, MD and Gavin Y. Oudit, MD PhD

Biography

Dr Andreas Kalogeropoulos, MD MPH PhD, FACC, FHFSA, FASE, is Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY.

Dr Hal Skopicki, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, is the Ambassador Charles A. Gargano Chair of Cardiology, Co-Director of the Heart Institute, Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Center, and Co-Director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program at Stony Brook University Medical Center, NY.

Dr Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, FAHA, is the Patrick H. Lehan Chair in Cardiovascular Research, and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at University of Mississippi.

"This book serves its purpose as a clinical guide for the management of heart failure patients. It will be a great resource for cardiologists, interns, physicians in training, and mid-level providers." - Sagar Nagpal, East Tennessee State University