Diastology: Clinical Approach to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Description:

Accounting for more than 40% of all heart failure problems, diastolic heart failure is a complex and often difficult diagnosis with rapidly evolving diagnostic management protocols. Diastology: Clinical Approach to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2nd Edition, brings you up to date and equips you to successfully diagnose and manage even the most challenging incidences of diastolic heart failure and their comorbidities. It incorporates the latest guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of the patient with suspected or known diastolic dysfunction, provides a comprehensive review of clinical conditions associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and describes the complementary role of imaging modalities and novel therapeutic approaches.

Table Of Contents:

Part I: Basic Determinants of Diastolic Function

1. Molecular, Gene, and Cellular Mechanis
2. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction: Measurements and Mechanisms Causing Abnormal Diastolic Function
3. Role of the Pericardium in Diastolic Dysfunction
4. Left Atrial Function: Basic Physiology
5. Physical Determinants of Diastolic Flow
6. Ventricular–Arterial Interaction in Patients With Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction

Part II: Diagnosis of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

7. General Principles, Clinical Definition, Epidemiology, and Pathophysiology
8. Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
9. Two-Dimensional and Doppler Evaluation of Left Ventricular Filling, Including Pulmonary Venous Flow Velocity
10. Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Tissue Doppler, Strain, and Torsion Analysis
11. Color M-mode Doppler
12. Assessment of Left Atrial Size and Function
13. Evaluation of Intracardiac Filling Pressures
14. Evaluation of Right Ventricular Diastolic Function
15. Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
16. Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Radionuclide Techniques
17. Diastolic Echocardiographic Examination
18. Diastology Stress Test
19. ASE/EACVI Diastolic Guidelines: Strength and Limitations

Part III: Cardiac Diseases With HFpEF

20. Hypertension and Its Relation to Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction
21. Valve Disease
22. Stage D Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, Heart Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support
23. Primary Restrictive, Infiltrative, and Storage Cardiomyopathies
24. Coronary Artery Disease
25. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
26. Pericardial Diseases: Constrictive Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion
27. Diastolic Function in Children and in Children With Congenital Heart Disease
28. Diabetes Mellitus

Part IV: Emerging Topics in HFpEF

29. Global and Regional Systolic Function of the Left Ventricle
30. Chronotropic Incompetence and Pacing in HPEF Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
31. Aging and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
32. Perioperative Assessment of Diastolic Function
33. Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Part V: Treatment of HFpEF

34. General Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Randomized Trials
35. Echo-Based Approach to the Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
36. Future Therapies in HFpEF

Part VI: Cases of Diastolic Heart Failure

37. Cases of Diastolic Heart Failure