Management of Heart Failure Volume 1: Medical
This book is a comprehensive review for practitioners of all persuasions involved in the management of patients with heart failure. Heart failure is a problem of epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. State of the art treatment may not be accessi
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Management of Heart Failure Volume 1: Medical Second Edition
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Management of Heart Failure
Ragavendra R. Baliga • Garrie J. Haas Editors
Management of Heart Failure Volume 1: Medical Second Edition
Editors Ragavendra R. Baliga Department of Internal Medicine The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH USA
Garrie J. Haas Division of Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH USA
ISBN 978-1-4471-6656-6 ISBN 978-1-4471-6657-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6657-3
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Preface
The syndrome of chronic heart failure (HF) has grown to be one of the most pervasive and complicated medical conditions of the twenty-first century. As a global public health problem affecting an estimated 26 million people worldwide and >650,000 new cases annually, HF has garnered worldwide attention as an epidemic that continues to take a major toll both on individuals with the disease and on society in general. In fact, despite substantial advances in the treatment of HF over the past few decades, mortality remains high (on average 50 % at 5 years) and HF i
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