Diastolic heart failure

• Other Authors: Smiseth, Otto A. (Editor), Tendera, Michal (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer 2008; London 2008
• Subjects: Heart Failure, Diastolic
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Heart failure is the biggest killer in the western world, and the prevalence is expected to increase due to aging of the population. Furthermore, the book will provide insights in cardiac function that are needed to perform and interpret the diagnostic tests, and to provide some guides to treatment...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Pathophysiology
• Section 2. Diagnosis of diastolic heart failure
• Section 3. Epidemiology, prognosis, and treatment
• Section 4. Specific disease-related problems in diastolic heart failure.