Manual of Heart Failure Management

Heart failure is a serious condition caused by the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at the right pressure. It usually occurs because the heart muscle has become too weak or stiff to work properly, most commonly caused by heart attack, high blood pressure or cardiomyopathy (heart disease).

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of heart failure.

Divided into 81 sections, the book begins with an overview of heart failure, its epidemiology, types, assessment and diagnosis, and imaging.

Each of the following chapters provides in depth detail on a different type or cause of heart failure, concluding with discussion on intravenous drug administration.

With more than 100 contributors, the text is further enhanced by charts and tables, making it an excellent quick reference guide for both practising cardiologists and trainees.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of heart failure
• Covers numerous different types and causes
• More than 100 expert contributors
• Highly illustrated with charts and tables

1. Epidemiology of Heart Failure in India
2. Heart Failure: Definition and Types
3. Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms
4. Systolic Function Assessment in Heart Failure by Echocardiography
5. Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function in Heart Failure
6. Workup for Heart Failure
7. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure
8. Cardiac Catheterization in Heart Failure
9. Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure
10. Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure: Fallacies and Special Situations
11. Other Biomarkers of Heart Failure: Troponin T, ST-2, and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
12. Ultrasound B Lines: Cardiologist’s Best Friend in Heart Failure Evaluation
13. Guideline Directed Therapy for Heart Failure: Overview
14. Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors Therapy in Heart Failure
15. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers: Role, Initiation, and Maintenance in Heart Failure
16. Aldosterone Antagonists in Heart Failure
17. Beta-blockers in Heart Failure
18. Diuretic Therapy in Heart Failure: Initiation, Titration, and Maintenance
19. Angiotensin Receptor–Neprilysin Inhibitors: Role, Initiation, and Maintenance in Heart Failure
20. Ivabradine: Role in Heart Failure, Initiation, and Maintenance
21. Digoxin Initiation and Maintenance
22. Hydralazine and Nitrates: Initiation and Maintenance
23. Drugs to be Avoided in Heart Failure
24. Antidiabetic Drugs in Heart Failure
25. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure—Inotropes: Catecholaminergic Agents
26. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure—Inotropes: Noncatecholaminergic Agents
27. Mechanical Circulatory Support for Heart Failure— Current Concepts
28. Arrhythmia Management and Anticoagulation in Heart Failure
29. Hyponatremia in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
30. Potassium Imbalances During Heart Failure Management
31. Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
32. Surgical Management of Heart Failure
33. Device Therapy in Heart Failure—Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, and Cardiac Contractility Modulation
34. Living with Heart Failure: Self-care
35. Heart Transplantation
36. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy—Diagnosis and Management
37. Tachycardiomyopathy: Definition and Management
38. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—Diagnosis and Management
39. Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
40. Amyloidosis: Price of Longevity
41. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy—Cardiac Sarcoidosis
42. Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
43. Valvular Heart Disease and Heart Failure— Overview of Evaluation and Management
44. Mitral Regurgitation and Heart Failure
45. Aortic Stenosis and Heart Failure
46. Aortic Regurgitation and Heart Failure
47. Mitral Stenosis and Heart Failure
48. Tricuspid Valve Disease and Heart Failure
49. Myocarditis and Heart Failure: Evaluation and Management
50. Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis
51. Anticancer Therapy and Heart Failure: Management
52. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Burden in India, Diagnosis
53. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Treatment
54. Discharge Planning: How to Assess Residual Congestion?
55. Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure: An Evidence-based Update
56. Exercise and Physical Activity Training in Heart Failure
57. Diet and Fluid Restriction in Heart Failure
58. When will You be Able to Stop Heart Failure Drugs?
59. Medication Adherence in Heart Failure
60. Depression in Heart Failure: Management
61. Vaccination in Heart Failure Patients
62. Prevention of Heart Failure
63. Heart Failure Clinics in India: Step-by-Step Guide
64. Renal Dysfunction and Heart Failure: Management
65. Ultrafiltration and Dialysis in Acute Heart Failure
66. Following Up of Patients with Heart Failure in the Outpatient Settings: Things to Remember
67. The 6 Minute Walk Test
68. Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure
69. Heart Failure with Recovered Ejection Fraction
70. Etiology of Pediatric Heart Failure
71. Pediatric Heart Failure—Clinical Features and Outcomes
72. Evaluation and Diagnostic Workup of Pediatric Heart Failure
73. Treating Pediatric Heart Failure: Pharmacotherapy and General Measures
74. Shunt-related Heart Failure in Children
75. Inflammatory Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
76. Kawasaki Disease
77. Fontan Failure: An Overview
78. Postoperative Tetralogy of Fallot and Related Conditions
79. Right Ventricle as Systemic Ventricle, Is It Right?
80. Eisenmenger Syndrome
81. Practical Tips for Intravenous Drug Administration

Harikrishnan S MD DM DNB FRCP
Professor of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India