عنوان

Heart failure :

140512203X (alk. paper)

9781405122030 (alk. paper)

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Heart failure :

[Book]

a combined medical and surgical approach /

edited by Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young.

Malden, Mass. :

Blackwell Futura,

2007.

xi, 314 p. :

ill. ;

26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology of heart failure: progression to pandemic? -- Heart failure clinical trials: shaping the evidence for treatment guidelines -- Standard medical therapy of heart failure -- Novel therapies in heart failure -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers in congestive heart failure -- Managing a heart failure clinic -- Novel imaging technologies for heart failure patients -- Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Bypass surgery in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction -- Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for cardiomyopathy patients -- Mechanical circulatory support -- The role of heart transplantation -- Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical circulatory support -- Biological approaches to heart failure: gene transfer and cell transplantation -- Ethical issues in cardiothoracic medicine.

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Heart failure-- Treatment.

Cardiac Output, Low-- therapy.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures-- methods.

Heart Failure-- therapy.

McCarthy, Patrick M.,1955-

Young, James B.

20070911072654.0

[Book]

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