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Title:

Heart failure : a combined medical and surgical approach / edited by Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young.

Publisher:

Blackwell Futura,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xi, 314 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Heart failure--Treatment.
Heart Failure--therapy.
Cardiac Output, Low--therapy.
Cardiac Surgical Procedures--methods.

Other Authors:

McCarthy, Patrick M., 1955-
Young, James B.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

140512203X (alk. paper)
9781405122030 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006027511

Locations:

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)