The 4 Stages of Heart Failure 2015

If you understand heart failure, you understand cardiology

This book applies practical clinical concepts to the latest four-stage model of heart failure from preclinical risk and early asymptomatic disease to classic symptomatic heart failure and finally advanced heart failure. This framework emphasizes a tailored approach to ongoing heart failure assessment to guide therapy and improve outcomes.

Features:

• Illustrated with over 250 full-color figures
• Specific recommendations backed by clinical trial data
• Practical algorithms for diagnosis and therapy

Topics include:

• Prevention of heart failure
• Identification and treatment of structural heart disease prior to heart failure
• How to combine lifestyle changes, medications, and devices to improve outcomes
• Reversing decompensated heart failure
• Key indicators of advanced heart failure and appropriate treatment options
• Emerging new therapies