Management of Acute and Chronic Severe Heart Failure: Advances in Mechanical Circulatory Support

As  the population ages, the medical profession predicts that the  prevalence of heart failure will continue to increase at least through  2030. Advances in medical and surgical therapy are allowing more people  to survive acute cardiac events and to live longer with heart failure;  however, morbidity and mortality remain high. MCS has become mainstay  therapy for severe acute and chronic heart failure. Management of heart  failure patients receiving mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is  complex and requires care from multiple medical specialties to achieve  positive outcomes.The purpose of this book is to provide comprehensive  contemporary information on the management of patients with acute or  chronic severe heart failure who are being treated with MCS. The main  emphasis throughout this book is management based on current best  practices. There are three sections: (1) Management of Acute Heart  Failure, (2) Management of Chronic Heart Failure, and (3) Special  Considerations in the Management of Advanced Heart Failure. The first  two sections begin with overview chapters to provide a basis for the  subsequent chapters.This book is a must-have resource for general  Cardiologists, Heart Failure Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons,  Intensivists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Perfusionists and ventricular  assist device (VAD) Coordinators. Topics covered in the text will also  be of interest to Radiologists, Hematologists and Pathologists.  Postgraduate trainees in cardiovascular medicine will be a key  readership. Students in medicine and nursing will use this text to  gather a basic understanding of the care of patient with severe heart  failure.