Current Approach to Heart Failure

Part I. New Concepts on Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Heart Failure

1. Prevalence, Incidence and Lifetime Risk of Heart Failure
Tomasz Zdrojewski

2. Evolving Concepts on the Basic Mechanisms of Heart Failure
Maria Dorobanţu, Sebastian Onciul

Part II. The Role of Cardiac Imaging in the Evaluation of Heart Failure

3. Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
Bogdan A. Popescu, Carmen C. Beladan, Anca D. Mateescu

4. The Imaging of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Heart Failure
Elena Surkova, Denisa Muraru, Luigi P. Badano

5. The Role of Atrial Functional Assessment in Heart Failure
Matteo Cameli, Francesca Maria Righini

6. Assessment of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Raluca Dulgheru, Pierluigi Incarnato, Patrizio Lancellotti

7. Left Ventricular Contactile Reserve
Serban Mihaileanu

8. Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure
Anca Florian, Ali Yilmaz

9. The Evolving Role of Multimodality Imaging in Heart Failure
Alessia Gimelli, Riccardo Liga

Part III. Treatment of Heart Failure

10. Contemporary Pharmacological Treatment of Heart Failure
Justyna Krzysztofik, Piotr Ponikowski

11. Myocardial Revascularization in Heart Failure
Stephan H. Schirmer, Michael Böhm

12. Approach to Arrhythmia in Heart Failure
Fiorenzo Gaita, Matteo Anselmino, Mario Matta

13. Devices for Heart Failure: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Mihran Martirosyan, Dominic A. M. J. Theuns, Tamas Szili-Torok

14. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Michael Glikson, Stefan Bogdan

15. Mechanical Circulatory Support
Liviu Klein, Lucian Dorobanţu

16. Gene and Cell Therapy in Heart Failure
Lina Badimon, Gemma Vilahur, Judit Cubedo

17. Valvular Surgery in Heart Failure
Jean Porterie, Bertrand Marcheix, Yves Glock

18. Percutaneous Valvular Therapies in Heart Failure
Rodrigo Estévez-Loureiro, Tomás Benito-González, Javier Gualis

19. Pre-transplant Evaluation
Maria G. Crespo-Leiro, Gonzalo Barge-Caballero

20. Heart Transplantation
Liviu Klein

Part IV. Particular Forms of Heart Failure

21. Heart Failure and Hypertension
Tatiana Kuznetsova, Nicholas Cauwenberghs

22. Right Heart Failure
Elena Surkova, Patrizia Aruta, Luigi P. Badano

23. Acute Heart Failure
Veli-Pekka Harjola, Héctor Bueno, John T. Parissis

Part V. Heart Failure in Special Populations

24. Heart Failure in Oncologic Patients
Gina Biasillo, Daniela Cardinale

25. Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Ewa A. Jankowska, Marcin Drozd, Piotr Ponikowski

26. The Kidney and Electrolytes Imbalances in Heart Failure
Jozine M. Maaten, Adriaan A. Voors

Part VI. Prognostic Factors and Rehabilitation in Heart Failure

27. Prognostic Factors and Risk Scores in Heart Failure
Eva Prescott

28. Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure
Maria Dorobanţu, Rodica Simona Căpraru

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Nephrology, Cardiac Surgery, Anesthesiology