Diastology, 2nd Edition
Accounting for more than 40% of all heart failure problems diastolic heart failure is a complex; and often difficult diagnosis with rapidly evolving diagnostic management protocols. Diastology: Clinical Approach to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction 2nd Edition brings you up to date and equips you to successfully diagnose; and manage even the most challenging incidences of diastolic heart failure and their comorbidities. It incorporates the latest guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation; of the patient with suspected or known diastolic dysfunction provides a comprehensive review of clinical conditions; associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and describes; the complementary role of imaging modalities and novel therapeutic approaches.
Key Features
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- Keeps you current with recent extensive changes in the understanding of the mechanisms; of diastolic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that have resulted in dramatic changes in treatment guidelines.
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- Covers the latest molecular, genetic, and cellular mechanisms behind diastolic heart failure as a basis for the latest clinical approaches; diagnosis, and treatment of common and uncommon pathological conditions such as hypertensive heart disease; cardiomyopathies, arterial and valvular diseases, pericardial diseases, congenital heart disease; diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome.
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- Features 50 video cases, new key summary points, new multiple-choice review questions, and six new chapters; Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Radionuclide Techniques; Diastology Stress Test; ASE/EACVI Diastolic Guidelines; Valve Disease; Perioperative Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction; and Pulmonary Hypertension.
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- Reviews new techniques and indices for assessing diastolic function; such as 3D echo, strain rate imaging, late gadolinium enhancement and T1-mapping by CMR, and novel nuclear scintigraphic methods – as well as the traditional indices of LV filling, LA function, and tissue Doppler indices.
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- Covers emerging topics such as the role of neurohormones, global and regional systolic function of the left ventricle, chronotopic incompetence and pacing, aging, perioperative assessment, and more.
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- Presents information in a quick-retrieval format, covering Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Directions.
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- Helps you learn efficiently and prepare for self-assessment with key summaries and multiple-choice questions and answers for each chapter.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.