Thyroid and Heart Failure

• Heart Failure and Thyroid: General Aspects.- Heart Failure: From Epidemiology to Pathophysiology.- Neuroendocrine Control of the Cardiovascular System in Heart Failure.- Cardiac Morphology and Function in Mild Hypothyroidism.- Cardiovascular Hemodynamics and Work Capacity in Thyroid Dysfunction.- Basic Aspects of Thryroid Hormone and Cardiovascular System Interrelationships in Normal and in Failing Heart.- Mechanism of Action of Thyroid Hormone on the Cardiac Vascular System.- Cardiac Functional Effects of 3-iodothyronamine, a New Endogenous Thyroid Hormone Derivative.- Cardiac Thyroid-Hormone Deiodinative Pathways in Ventricular Hypertrophy and Heart Failure.- Thyroid Hormone Receptor Signaling in Normal and Failing Heart.- Pharmacological Effects of Amiodarone and Dronedarone on Cardiac Thyroid Hormone Receptors.- Changes in Thyroid Hormone Metabolism and Gene Expression in the Failing Heart: Therapeutic Implications.- Thyroid-Hormone-Regulated Cardiac Metabolism in Normal and Failing Heart.- Cardiac Myocyte and Vascular Remodeling in Altered Thyroid Conditions.- Thyroid Hormone and Ischemic Myocardium.- Clinical Aspects.- Thyroid and Cardiovascular Risk.- Relationship Between Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Heart Failure and Mortality.- Low Triiodothyronine Syndrome as a Powerful Predictor of Death in Heart Failure.- Thyroid, Renal Function, and Cardiac Outcome.- Low Triiodothyronine Syndrome and Depression in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.- Treatment: Present and Future Options.- Treatment Options for Primary Thyroid Disease in Patients with Heart Failure.- Synthetic Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Hormone Analogues for Treatment of Heart Failure.- Thyroid Hormone Supplementation for Infants and Children Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Cardiac Surgery.-New Approaches for Treating Heart Disease by Modulating Thyroid Hormone Signaling Using Gene Therapy Approaches.

From the reviews: "This book presents contributions from preeminent scientists, both bench and clinical, to summarize the important interplay between the failing heart and the thyroid gland. This book attempts to gather the most up-to-date information about the pathophysiological and clinical significance of thyroid disease in relationship to heart failure. Students, physicians in training, and clinicians involved in the management of heart failure patients are the intended readers. ... This is a well designed book for caregivers whose primary focus is heart failure." (David J. Homan, Doody's Review Service, September, 2009)