Brian E. Jaski

Basics of Heart Failure

A Problem Solving Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Each year over 400,000 people have a new onset of heart failure in the United States, adding to a current patient population of over 4.8 million Americans. Basics of Heart Failure takes a problem-solving approach to examining heart failure and to providing the reader with an up-to-date account of our knowledge in this area. Chapters on the diagnosis and therapy of heart failure emphasize data from recent multicenter trials.

Produktdetails

• Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine 228
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-6969-1
• 2000
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781461369691
• ISBN-10: 146136969X
• Artikelnr.: 39560085

Autorenporträt

Brian E. Jaski, M.D., a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School, is the Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Programs at Sharp Memorial Hospital and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. He has practised cardiology for over 15 years. Actively involved in clinical research, Dr. Jaski has regularly published in medical-scientific journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1 - Population.- 2 - Individual.- 3 - Circulation.- 4 - Organ.- 5 - Cell.- 6 - Sarcomere.- 7 - Gene.- 8 - Molecule.- 9 - Diagnosis.- 10 - Outpatient Therapy.- 11 - Inpatient Therapy.- References.- Longitudinal vs. Transmural Pressure.- Basic Concept of Wall Tension in Elastic Materials (Force/Length): LaPlace's Law.- Basic Concept of Wall Stress in Elastic Materials: Hooke's Law.- Summary of Clinical Trials of Therapy for Heart Failure.- Quiz Solutions.- Case Scenario Solutions and Discussion.