TY - BOOK AU - Abraham,William T. AU - Krum,Henry TI - Heart failure: a practical approach to treatment T2 - McGraw Hill professional SN - 9780071593212 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Medical KW - Heart failure KW - Treatment N1 - Title from eBook information screen; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is heart failure? / John J.V. McMurray -- The epidemic of heart failure / Mikhail Kosiborod and Harlan M. Krumholz -- What causes heart failure? / Alexander Lyon and Philip A. Poole-Wilson -- Pathophysiology of heart failure / Gary S. Francis and W.H. Wilson Tang -- How to judge disease severity, clinical status, and prognosis / Faiez Zannad -- Therapeutic approach to heart failure: an overview / Daniel L. Dries and Mariell Jessup -- How to evaluate patients with symptoms suggestive of heart failure / Sharon Hunt -- Nonpharmacologic treatment of heart failure / Andrew J.S. Coats -- How to use diuretics in heart failure patients / Robert W. Schrier -- How to use neurohormonal antagonists in heart failure / Alexander E. Fraley and Barry H. Greenberg -- Is there still a role for digitalis in heart failure? / Joseph S. Rossi and Mihai Gheorghiade -- The heart failure hospitalization / Lynne Warner Stevenson -- Ancillary pharmacologic therapies for heart failure / Henry Krum -- Devices for the treatment of heart failure / William T. Abraham --; Surgical approaches to heart failure / Robert E. Michler, Michael Zembala, and Daniel J. Goldstein -- When to refer patients for heart transplantation / Maryjane Farr and Donna Mancini -- Comorbidities and heart failure / Henry Krum and Richard E. Gilbert -- Disease management overview / Robin J. Trupp -- How to develop a heart failure management pathway / Jennifer Farroni, David Feldman, and Sara Paul -- Integrating inpatient and outpatient heart failure management / Maryjane B. Giacalone and Marc J. Semigran -- What is a heart failure clinic? / Gregg C. Fonarow -- Putting it all together: optimizing the management of chronic heart failure patients / Willem J. Remme UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=213485 ER -