Acute Heart Failure
Fig. 7.1 The use of the Stevenson Hemodynamic Profile as a guide for acute heart failure management. Congestion is determined by the presence of orthopnea, jugular venous distension, rales, hepatojugular…
Heart and Heart–Lung Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Daniel J. Garry, Robert F. Wilson and Zeev Vlodaver (eds.)Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation10.1007/978-3-319-44577-9_33 33. Heart and Heart–Lung Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Cindy M. Martin1 and James H. Moller1 (1) Department…
Molecular Mechanism of Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies
Fig. 10.1 Schematic representation of troponin function during diastole and systole . cTnI (orange), cTnC (blue), and cTnT (cyan) form the troponin complex. In diastole the cTnI inhibitory region (IR),…
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Fig. 13.1 Left ventricular pressure-volume loops in systolic and diastolic dysfunction (Adapted with permission from: Aurigemma GP, Gaasch WH. Clinical practice. Diastolic heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(11):1097–105) However,…
