Description
This book applies practical clinical concepts to the latest four-stage model of heart failure from preclinical risk and early asymptomatic disease to classic symptomatic heart failure and finally advanced heart failure. This framework emphasizes a tailored approach to ongoing heart failure assessment to guide therapy and improve outcomes.
Features:
• Illustrated with over 250 full-color figures
• Specific recommendations backed by clinical trial data
• Practical algorithms for diagnosis and therapy
Topics include:
• Prevention of heart failure
• Identification and treatment of structural heart disease prior to heart failure
• How to combine lifestyle changes, medications, and devices to improve outcomes
• Reversing decompensated heart failure
• Key indicators of advanced heart failure and appropriate treatment options
• Emerging new therapies