Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

I. History and Basic Mechanisms of Heart Failure

1. A Historical Overview of Cardiovascular Medicine and Heart Failure
Cyprian V. Weaver, Daniel J. Garry

2. Physiology of the Normal and Failing Heart
M. Chadi Alraies, Daniel J. Garry, Mary G. Garry

3. Molecular Biology of the Normal and Failing Heart
Forum Kamdar, Mary G. Garry, Daniel J. Garry

4. Pathology of Ischemic Heart Disease
Zeev Vlodaver, Richard W. Asinger, John R. Lesser

5. The Pathology of Cardiomyopathies
Zeev Vlodaver, James H. Moller, Shannon M. Mackey-Bojack, K. P. Madhu

6. Epidemiology of Heart Failure
Russell V. Luepker

II. Etiology of Heart Failure

7. Acute Heart Failure
Pradeep P. A. Mammen, William K. Cornwell, Mark P. Birkenbach, Daniel J. Garry

8. Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Robert F. Wilson

9. Valvular Cardiomyopathy
Robert F. Wilson

10. Molecular Mechanism of Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies
Brian R. Thompson, Michelle L. Asp, Joseph M. Metzger

11. Right Heart Failure
Thenappan Thenappan, Daniel J. Garry

12. Neuromuscular Cardiomyopathies
Forum Kamdar, Pradeep P. A. Mammen, Daniel J. Garry

13. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Gary S. Francis, M. Chadi Alraies, Marc R. Pritzker

14. Myocardial Viability and Imaging in the Failing Heart
Prabhjot S. Nijjar, Ashenafi M. Tamene, Chetan Shenoy

III. Heart Failure Disease Progression

15. Cardiorenal Syndrome and Heart Failure
Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, Peter M. Eckman

16. Neurohormonal Activation and the Management of Heart Failure
Jay N. Cohn

17. Structural Remodeling in the Development of Chronic Systolic Heart Failure: Implication for Treatment
Inder S. Anand, Viorel G. Florea

18. Heart Failure Prevention
Ziad Taimeh, Daniel Duprez, Daniel J. Garry

19. Arrhythmias in Cardiomyopathy
Henri Roukoz, Wayne Adkisson, Baris Akdemir, Balaji Krishnan, Scott Sakaguchi, David G. Benditt

20. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Alan Berger, Daniel J. Garry

IV. Advanced Therapies for Heart Failure

21. Advanced Therapies: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure
Scott Sakaguchi, Henri Roukoz, David G. Benditt

22. Ventricular Assist Devices for Advanced Heart Failure
Ziad Taimeh, Daniel J. Garry

23. Regenerative Mechanisms of the Adult Injured and Failing Heart
Jop H. Berlo, Mary G. Garry, Daniel J. Garry

24. Cell Therapy and Heart Failure
Glynnis A. Garry, Daniel J. Garry

V. Cardiac Transplantation

25. History of Cardiac Transplantation: Research, Discoveries, and Pioneers
Sara J. Shumway, Daniel J. Garry

26. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Kenneth K. Liao, Ranjit John, Sara J. Shumway

27. Cardiac Transplantation: Immunobiology and Immunotherapy
Ziad Taimeh, Daniel J. Garry

28. Cardiac Transplantation Pathology
Priti Lal

29. Management of the Posttransplant Cardiac Patient
Sirtaz Adatya, Monica M. Colvin, Daniel J. Garry

30. Adult Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Early Complications
John R. Spratt, Ziad Taimeh, Thenappan Thenappan, Ranjit John

31. Late Complications Following Heart Transplant
Khalil Murad, Monica M. Colvin

32. Heart Transplantation and Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Monica M. Colvin, Ziad Taimeh, Daniel J. Garry

33. Heart and Heart–Lung Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Cindy M. Martin, James H. Moller

34. Cardiac Xenotransplantation
Jeffrey L. Platt, Marilia Cascalho

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Transplant Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery