Heart Failure

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.

• I. Basic Concepts in Heart Failure1. Definitions and Clinical Diagnosis of Heart Failure2. Epidemiology of Heart Failure3. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction4. The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction5. Principles of Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy6. Implantable Device Therapy in Heart Failure II. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure7. Pathophysiology and Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with Acute Heart Failure8. Therapeutic Approaches in Acute Heart Failure9. Advanced Therapeutic Options in Acute Heart FailureIII. Managing Chronic Heart Failure10. Outpatient Management of Stable Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction11. Exercise and Rehabilitation inHeart Failure12. The Patient with Ischemic Heart Failure13.The Non-Ischemic Heart Failure Patient14. Valvular Heart Disease and Heart Failure15. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)16.Heart Failure with Recovered Ejection Fraction (HFrecEF) and Heart Failure with Midrange Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF)17. The Advanced Heart Failure Patient18. Palliative Care and Advanced Directives in Heart FailureIV. Managing Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Heart Failure19. Management of Hypertension in Heart Failure20. Management df Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure21. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart FailureV. Non-Cardiac Comorbidities and Heart Failure22. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes23. The Patient with Renal Dysfunction24. The Patient with Anemia and Iron Deficiency25. Management of Neurologic and Psychiatric Illness in the Patient with Heart FailureVI. The Patient with Right Heart Disease26. Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure from Left Heart Disease27. The Patient with Non-Group 2 Pulmonary HypertensionVII. Special Cases of Heart Failure28. Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease29. Cancer Therapies and Cardiac Dysfunction30. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Pregnancy31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy32. Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo Syndrome)33. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy34. Myocarditis35. Infiltrative Diseases: Amyloid36. Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Fabry Disease and Iron-Overload Cardiomyopathy

"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