A Colour Atlas of Heart Failure
Published in November 1987
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-0-7234-0935-9 (ISBN)
Description
Heart failure is a major cause of death and disability in the western world and its treatment using drugs and transplantation is one the most topical and active areas of medical research. This study covers common and rare causes of heart failure. The authors examine each condition in detail and photographs depict the pathology and investigation of patients suffering from the common and less common causes of cardiac symptoms such as breathlessness. Conditions covered include valvular heart disease, heart muscle disease, hypertension and congenital heart disease. By same authors: "A colour atlas of hypertension" and "A colour atlas of angina pectoris"
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
142 colour photographs, 432 b&w photographs, index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
834 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7234-0935-9 (9780723409359)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Clinical features of heart failure; ischaemic heart disease, including angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, early complications of acute myocardial infarction - mitral regurgitation and ventricular septal defect, late complications of acute myocardial infarction - left ventricular aneurysm and extensive myocardial damage; valvular heart disease, including acute valve disease - infective endocarditis and aortic dissection, chronic aortic valve disease, chronic mitral valve disease, tricuspid valve disease, valve surgery; heart muscle disease, including dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy; hypertension; congenital heart disease; right heart failure; other causes of heart failure, including high output failure, pericardial disease, cardiac tumours.