Main description:

Heart failure is epidemic throughout the world. A growing incidence and prevalence has resulted in a large population of individuals transitioning to advanced stages of the syndrome and requiring uniquely specialised therapies and cardiac transplantation. Oxford Textbook of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation is a focused and comprehensive work covering this new and rapidly growing cardiovascular subspecialty. Authored by eminent international experts, it is the authoritative text on advanced heart failure and a central resource for clinicians caring for patients with this conditition. By covering a range of characteristics, therapeutic challenges and practical aspects of managing patients this book provides an in-depth source for cardiologists and other related clinicians. A strong focus on the difficult decision making needed to handle advanced heart failure cases, along with specific knowledge of epidemiology, biology and pathophysiology, creates a key tool for optimally managing these complex patients.

Contents:

Foreword ; 1. Advanced heart failure in perspective ; 2. Cell biology of heart failure ; 3. Physiology and hemodynamic assessment of the failing heart: Current knowledge and unmet needs for advanced heart failure ; 4. Transplantation immunology ; 5. Implantable devices for cardiovascular monitoring ; 6. Endomyocardial biopsy in the failing heart ; 7. Imaging in advanced heart failure ; 8. Pharmologic management of advanced heart failure ; 9. Arrhythmias in heart failure: The AV node and above ; 10. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure ; 11. Cardiac Resynchronization ; 12. Advanced heart failure in valvular heart disease ; 13. High risk heart failure surgery: strategies for coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgery in patients with reduced ejection fraction ; 14. Mechanical circulatory support: patient selection, optimization and inpatient management of the LVAD patient ; 15. Mechanical circulatory support: outpatient management ; 16. Cardiac transplantation overview ; 17. Immunosuppression strategies ; 18. Rejection surveillance, type and treatment ; 19. Complications after cardiac transplantation ; 20. Right heart failure: Anatomy physiology and patho-biology ; 21. Right ventricular failure: Clinical features and management ; 22. Pulmonary arterial hypertension ; 23. End of life care in advanced heart failure ; 24. Future directions in advanced heart failure