Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach

Preface, ix

Acknowledgements, xi

1 Epidemiology of heart failure: progression to pandemic?, 1
Randall C. Starling

2 Heart failure clinical trials: shaping the evidence for treatment guidelines, 9
James B. Young

3 Standard medical therapy of heart failure, 21
Mohamad H. Yamani

4 Novel therapies in heart failure, 44
W.H.Wilson Tang & Gary S. Francis

5 Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers in congestive heart failure, 69
Mandeep Bhargava & Bruce L.Wilkoff

6 Managing a heart failure clinic, 99
Nancy M. Albert

7 Novel imaging technologies for heart failure patients, 115
Richard D. White

8 Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy, 126
Raymond Q.Migrino

9 Bypass surgery in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy, 145
Bruce W. Lytle

10 Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction, 153
Patrick M.McCarthy

11 Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for cardiomyopathy patients, 174
Patrick M.McCarthy & Edwin C.McGee, Jr.

12 Mechanical circulatory support, 192
José Luis Navia

13 The role of heart transplantation, 228
David O. Taylor

14 Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical circulatory support, 255
Tiffany Buda & Patrick M.McCarthy

15 Biological approaches to heart failure: gene transfer and cell transplantation, 272
Marc S. Penn, Samuel Unzek & Arman T. Askari

16 Ethical issues in cardiothoracic medicine, 289
Katrina A. Bramstedt

Disclosure Statements, 305

Index, 307