Heart failure in clinical practice
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Heart failure in clinical practice
Dunitz, 1996
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Description
This work presents the views of a team of international cardiologists on the subject of developments in the diverse area of heart failure. The contributors cover current issues and treatments including beta blockers, and the economic effects of the use of ACE inhibitors.
Table of Contents
- Historical introduction
- what do we mean by heart failure
- how common and how much of a problem is heart failure
- the economic effects of ACE inhibitors
- heart failure in the elderly
- what are we trying to achieve when we treat heart failure
- HIV infection and the heart
- ACE genotype, myocardial infarction and heart failure
- the effects of chronic heart failure on pulmonary function
- the ABC of natriuretic peptides - pathophysiology, diagnostic and therapeutic potential
- endothelin in the pathophysiology of chonic heart failure
- aldosterone in chronic heart failure
- which exercise test, if any
- arrythmias and sudden death in heart failure
- current perspective on beta-blockers in heart failure
- what lessons should we learn from the negative trials
- digitalis in the 21st century
- inotropic agents
- angiotensin II receptor antagonists for heart failure
- the ongoing trials and unanswered questions.
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