Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

Heart Failure is a major cardiovascular problem, and a problem with a growing patient population. With better management of heart failure, patients are living longer and demanding a better quality of life.This comprehensive text is one of the latest additions to Companions to Braunwalds Heart Disease. Written by world experts in the field, it uses a clinical approach to a variety of problems associated with heart failure, including its causes, mechanisms, assessments, and therapy. This book is a complete and practical guide and an essential reference for any clinician. Presents detailed, clinically oriented chapters on the management of heart failure patients, from simple to complex. Includes an extensive section on sleep disorders and the management of this chronic problem. Discusses the development and implementation of heart failure guidelines. Details the causes of heart failure as a result of other medical problems. Discusses in detail, how heart failure affects all of the body's systems and organs. Molecular to patient coverage. Detailed discussion of a common related problem, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).