Outline Pulmonary Hypertension: Definition and Classification 617 Clinical Features Raising the Suspicion of Pulmonary Hypertension 618 Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension 619 Echocardiographic Evaluation of Known or Suspected Pulmonary Hypertension…
Outline Goals of Therapy in Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction, 522 General Measures, 522 Diet and Fluid Restriction, 522 Activity, 522 Therapies to Avoid, 522 Diuretics and Management of…
Outline Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure, 487 Smoking, 489 Physical Activity, 489 Healthy Dietary Pattern, 490 Disease Prevention in Stage a Heart Failure, 490 Hypertension and Heart…
Outline Anatomy of the Autonomic Nervous System 608 Cardiac Reflexes 608 Measurement of Autonomic Nervous System Activity 609 Pharmacological Targeting of Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Heart Failure 611 Device-Based…
Outline General Principles of Quality Measurement, 697 Defining Quality, 697 Institute of Medicine Principles, 697 Framework, 698 Structure, 698 Process, 698 Outcomes, 699 Key Components for Quality: Integrative Model for…
Outline Technical Issues, 467 Hemodynamic Waveforms, 469 Right Atrium and Ventricle, 470 Pulmonary Capillary Wedge, 470 Measuring Cardiac Output, 473 Hemodynamics of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 474 Hemodynamics…
Outline Atrial Fibrillation, 549 Epidemiology, 549 Pathophysiology, 549 Clinical Presentation, 550 Diagnosis, 550 Management of Acute Episodes of Atrial Fibrillation, 551 Chronic Management of Atrial Fibrillation, 551 Rate Control Versus…
Outline Cardiac Cell Therapy, 599 Mechanisms of Action for Cardiac Cell Therapy, 599 Clinical Trials of Cardiac Cell Therapy, 603 Bone Marrow–Derived Mononuclear Cells, 603 Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells,…
Outline Development of Treatment Strategies Based on The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, 568 Treatment of Volume Overload and Congestion, 569 Nitrates and Nitrites, 569 Treatment of…
Nearly one third of acute heart failure (AHF) patients die or are rehospitalized within 90 days after discharge in the United States, with similar numbers in Europe. Despite a decade…
