Circulatory Assist Devices in Heart Failure

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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…

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Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure

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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…

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Management of Comorbidities in Heart Failure

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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…

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Heart Transplantation

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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…

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Management of Heart Failure in Special Populations: Older Patients, Women, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups

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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…

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Cardio-Oncology and Heart Failure

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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…

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Disease Management and Telemedicine in Heart Failure

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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…

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Pulmonary Hypertension

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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…

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