Heart Failure, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Heart Failure, Second Editionhas been updated to provide the latest advancements in heart failure research. Supplemented by more than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations, the book helps cardiologists and emergency care physicians quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patients cardiac impairment.

New topics in this edition include:

• Developments in mechanical and pharmacologic treatments



• Discoveries in developmental biology



• Up-and-coming imaging modalities



• Surgical options for mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation



• Pharmacogenomics and gene-based and cell-based therapies



• Gene expression/recurrence in heart failure



• Changes in metabolic substrate utilization and pathways

Part 1: Cellular and Molecular Basis for Heart Failure
A Brief Primer on the Development of the Heart
Serge Gregoire and Sean Wu
The Genetics of Dilated and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies
Calum Macrae
Molecular Signaling Networks Underlying Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure
Gerald W Dorn II MD
Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Normal and Failing Heart
Mattew Coggins, Bernhard Haring, Federica del Monte
Myocardial energetics and cellular metabolism in the failing heart
Joanne S. Ingwall
Animal Models of Heart Failure
William Carlson

Part II: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
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