Terminology
Introduction It might reasonably be thought that those who diagnose and treat patients with congenitally malformed hearts would, by now, have reached consensus concerning the most appropriate way of describing…
Etiology of Congenital Cardiac Disease
Perhaps one of the most vexing aspects of congenital cardiac disease is the current inability to explain its origin. Environmental causes have been invoked, and until recently only scant evidence…
Circulatory Assist Devices in Heart Failure
Outline Acute Cardiogenic Shock, 649 Devices, 650 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, 650 TandemHeart, 651 Impella, 651 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 652 Indications for Implantable Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, 653 Patient Selection for…
Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure
Outline Definition of Heart Failure, 418 Epidemiology of Heart Failure, 418 Objectives of Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure, 419 Cost of Imaging Tests, 419 Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction…
Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure
Outline Anemia and Iron Deficiency, 687 Definitions, Prevalence, and Outcomes, 687 Diagnosis of Anemia, 688 Treatment, 689 Summary/Conclusions, 691 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 691 Definitions, Prevalence, and Outcomes, 691 Pulmonary…
Heart Transplantation
Outline Evaluation and Management of Heart Transplant Candidates 631 Indications for Transplant 631 Evaluation of the Heart Transplant Candidate 631 The Heart Transplant Procedure 633 Donor Heart Evaluation and Management…
Decision Making and Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure
Outline Medical Decision Making, 705 Risk Assessment and Expectations for the Future, 706 Categories of Major Treatment Decisions, 707 Low-Intensity Interventions That May Improve Quantity and Quality of Life, 707…
Management of Heart Failure in Special Populations: Older Patients, Women, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups
Outline Heart Failure in Older Adults, 586 Epidemiology, 586 Prognosis, 587 Pathophysiology, 587 Diagnosis and Clinical Features, 587 Frailty and Cognitive Dysfunction, 587 Treatment, 588 Biomarker Guided Therapy, 588 Pharmacologic…
Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure
Outline Epidemiology of Heart Failure in Patients with Cancer, 665 Specific Cancer Therapies, Their Mechanisms of Cardiotoxicity, and Implications for Clinical Practice, 666 Anthracyclines, 666 Radiation Therapy, 666 Cyclophosphamide, 667…
Disease Management and Telemedicine in Heart Failure
Outline Defining Disease Management, 674 The Self-Care Paradigm, 675 Heart Failure Disease Management Classification Schemes, 675 Heart Failure Disease Management in the Inpatient Setting, 675 Heart Failure Disease Management in…
