Manual of Heart Failure Management - Paperback

by John D. Bisognano (Editor), Marc L. Baker (Editor), Mary Beth Earley (Editor)

Heart failure is an increasingly common occurance in the patient population despite better treatment and management options available to clinicians. The focus is now increasingly turning towards prevention to reduce the rising incidence in addition to more efficacious treatment regimens.

With emphasis on practical knowledge and easy reference, this title is designed to present the relevant diagnostic, management and treatment information in an easily digested and evidence-based algorithm format. With use of illustrations, readers will be able to rely on this text as a basic primer when studying patients with this complex and multifaceted set of diseases.

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Heart Failure (HF) is a chronic progressive disease with less than 50 percent of patients living five years after their initial diagnosis, and less than 25 percent are alive at 10 years. Our current system of HF care, characterized by a cycle of acute hospitalizations and acute episodic outpatient care by a primary or emergency room provider, has not led to great improvement in patient quality of life or prognosis.

The Manual of Heart Failure Management provides readers with a concise evidence-based approach to key issues in the evaluation and treatment of heart failure. Important issues in prevention are explained, as well as the state of the art pharmacological and device (VAD) therapies that are available to clinicians. The role of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are also assessed, and concise clinical guidelines are described. The recommendations within this manual are based around the current recommendations and guidelines for the treatment of heart failure.

By uniting each individual management concept into a comprehensive approach to HF, this book outlines the tremendous obstacles facing patients but also the advantages of dealing with the management of HF in a strategic way. Understanding the next step of treatment beyond your own caretaker abilities is critical for patient care and education, for changing public perception, and for translating research opportunities into treatment protocols for the future.

Author Biography

John D. Bisognano, MD PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Outpatient Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. He was trained at the University of Michigan and at the University of Colorado in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure, and Cardiac Transplantation. He is attending physician on the heart failure service at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Marc Baker, MD is Fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Mary Beth Earley, CCRN, NC-P, is Senior Nurse Practitioner in the Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the University of Rochester Medical Center.