Atlas of HEART FAILURE
Cardiac Function and Dysfunction
4th Edition
Published on 13. December 2004
Software
CD-ROM
IX, 310 pages
978-1-57340-226-2 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of normal cardiac function, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the therapeutic approaches that are available to manage the syndrome. Designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive visual exposition of all aspects of cardiac function and dysfunction, this atlas contains several hundred images, each accompanied by detailed captions, carefully selected by expert authors, and reviewed by the editor.
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Edition
4th ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
CD-ROM.
Dimensions
Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 25 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-57340-226-2 (9781573402262)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-4558-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
12/2004
4th Edition
Current Medicine,U.S.
€85.59
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Content
1 Molecular and Cellular Basis of Contraction and Relaxation.- 2 Physiology of Myocardial Contraction.- 3 The Etiologic Basis of Congestive Heart Failure.- 4 Molecular and Cellular Events in Myocardial Hypertrophy and Failure.- 5 Cardiac Remodeling and Its Prevention.- 6 Neurohumoral, Renal, and Vascular Adjustments in Heart Failure.- 7 Assessment of Heart Failure.- 8 Prognostic Indicators and Assessment of Therapeutic Responses.- 9 Unstable Heart Failure.- 10 Diuretics and Digitalis.- 11 Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System.- 12 ?-blockers.- 13 New Approaches to the Treatment of Heart Failure.- 14 Cardiac Transplantation.- 15 Diastolic Dysfunction: Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Treatment.- Color plates.