Heart Failure

1. Molecular Changes in Heart Failure
Raymond C. Givens, P. Christian Schulze

2. Hemodynamics and Heart Failure
Gary S. Ledley, Shahzad Ahmed, Haile Jones, Steven J. Rough, Peter Kurnik

3. Imaging and Heart Failure
Gustavo Jardim Volpe, Joao A. C. Lima

4. Acute and Chronic Right Ventricular Failure
Gabriel Sayer, Marc J. Semigran

5. Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Erika D. Feller

6. Inhibition of the Sympathetic Nervous System
Evan P. Kransdorf, D. Eric Steidley

7. Management of the Patient with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Jeffrey D. Wessler, Mathew S. Maurer

8. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Classification, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
Daniel Fishbein

9. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Presentation, Physical Exam, and Laboratory Evaluation
Daniel Fishbein

10. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment Guidelines
Daniel Fishbein

11. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment – Specific Therapies
Daniel Fishbein

12. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Treatment with Guideline Directed Medical Therapy and Discharge Planning
Daniel Fishbein

13. Cardiac-Oncology: Management of the Patient with Heart Failure After Chemotherapy
Ashwani Gupta, Howard J. Eisen

14. Atrial Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
S. Luke Kusmirek

15. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
Ethan R. Ellis, Mark E. Josephson

16. Cardiac Defibrillators and Heart Failure
Michael L. Bernard, Michael R. Gold

17. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure
Michael A. Samara, David S. Feldman

18. Revascularization and Heart Failure
John W. C. Entwistle, Andrew S. Wechsler

19. Valve Repair and Replacement in Congestive Heart Failure
Salil V. Deo, Soon J. Park

20. Patient Selection for Cardiac Transplantation
Michael L. Craig, Adrian B. Bakel

21. Pathophysiology of the Alloimmune Response and Immunosuppression
Michael X. Pham

22. Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Abdallah Georges Kfoury, Deborah Budge, Kimberly D. Brunisholz, M. Elizabeth H. Hammond

23. Infections After Cardiac Transplantation
Robin K. Avery

24. Post-transplant Complications: Hypertension, Renal Dysfunction, Diabetes Mellitus, Malignancy, Arrhythmias, Osteoporosis, Sexual Dysfunction
Jose Nativi Nicolau, Josef Stehlik

25. Patient Selection
Sharven Taghavi, Abeel A. Mangi

26. Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support
Michael M. Koerner, Aly El-Banayosy

27. Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation
Antoine H. Chaanine, Sean P. Pinney

28. Medical Management of the Patient with Chronic Mechanical Circulatory Support
Sunu S. Thomas, Ulrich P. Jorde

29. The Total Artificial Heart
Keyur B. Shah, Anit K. Mankad, Daniel G. Tang, Vigneshwar Kasirajan

30. Physiology of Stem Cells
Jos Domen, Kimberly Gandy

31. Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure
Sachil Shah, Alan W. Heldman

32. Origins ofQuality Metrics
Howard M. Julien, David J. Whellan

33. Exercise and Patients with Heart Failure
Donna Mancini

34. Heart Failure Management and Development of Heart Failure Programs
Jooyoung Julia Shin, Ileana L. Piña

35. Inflammation and Heart Failure
Kyung-Hee Kim, Diana Kim, Howard J. Eisen

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology