This book is a comprehensive overview of heart failure and cardiac transplantation and
integrates scientific and clinical information about the physiology pathophysiology diagnosis
and treatment of this disorder. Organized into five parts it reviews the history and basic
mechanisms of heart failure etiology of heart failure heart failure disease progression
advanced therapies for heart failure and cardiac transplantation. The book presents basic
concepts in the physiology molecular biology pathology and epidemiology of the normal and
failing heart known causes of heart failure such as right heart failure valvular
cardiomyopathy molecular mechanisms of sarcomeric cardiomyopathies and neuromuscular
cardiomyopathy cardiorenal syndrome neurohormonal activation cardiac resynchronization
ventricular assist devices regenerative mechanisms orthotopic heart transplantation early
and late management of the post-transplant patient heart transplantation and antibody-mediated
rejections heart-lung transplantation and cardiac xenotransplantation.Featuring contributions
from leaders in the fields of heart failure cardiac transplantation cardiac pathology and
cardiovascular molecular research Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation is a
valuable compendium for cardiologists cardiothoracic surgeons researchers trainees and
students.
