Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation: Clinical, Pathology, Imaging and Molecular Profiles

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.