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Springer Diastolic Heart Failure 1st Editon 2010 Softbound by Otto A. Smiseth, Michal Tendera
Diastolic Heart Failure provides the clinician with essential insights into the epidemiology and aetiology of diastolic heart failure, and enables them to understand how the condition can be diagnosed. Furthermore, the book provides insights in cardiac function that are needed to perform and interpret the diagnostic tests, and some guides to treatment choices. Pathophysiology.- Molecular Mechanisms of Diastolic Dysfunction.- Pathophysiologic Aspects of Myocardial Relaxation and End-Diastolic Stiffness of Cardiac Ventricles.- Ventricular Interaction via the Septum and Pericardium.- Role of the Left Atrium.- Role of Neurohormones and Peripheral Vasculature.- Filling Velocities as Markers of Diastolic Function.- Myocardial Velocities as Markers of Diastolic Function.- Diastolic Versus Systolic Heart Failure.- Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure.- Invasive Evaluation of Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Natriuretic Peptides in the Diagnosis of Diastolic Heart Failure.- Noninvasive Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures.- Epidemiology, Prognosis, and Treatment.- Epidemiology of Diastolic Heart Failure.- Prognosis in Diastolic Heart Failure.- Treatment of Diastolic Heart Failure.- Specific Disease-Related Problems in Diastolic Heart Failure.- Coronary Artery Disease and Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Hypertension and Diastolic Function.- Diastolic Disturbances in Diabetes Mellitus.- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.- Summary.