Research Catalog

Title

Heart failure in children and young adults : from molecular mechanisms to medical and surgical strategies / Anthony C. Chang, Jeffrey A. Towbin.

Author

Chang, Anthony C.

Publication

Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

Towbin, Jeffrey A.

Description

xxii, 800 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subjects

• Adolescent
• Child
• Heart Diseases > diagnosis
• Pediatric cardiology
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures
• Heart failure
• Heart Diseases > therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Molecular and cellular mechanisms in myocardial dysfunction / Matteo Vatta and Anthony C. Chang -- 2. Cardiovascular receptors and signaling in heart failure / Dean B. Andropoulos and Monique L. Ogletree -- 3. Inflammatory mediators in heart failure / Hordur H. Hardarson, Neil E. Bowles and Jesus G. Vallejo -- 4. Heart failure and mechanisms of hypertrophy / Neil E. Bowles, Jesus G. Vallejo and Matteo Vatta -- 5. Hemodynamic adaptive mechanisms in heart failure / Tia A. Tortoriello -- 6. Neurohumoral axis and natriuretic peptides in heart failure / John Lynn Jefferies and Anthony C. Chang -- 7. The pressure-volume relationship in heart failure / Daniel J. Penny and Jonathan Mynard -- 8. Systolic and diastolic dysfunction / Michael Cheung and Andrew N. Redington -- 9. The alveolar-capillary interface and pulmonary edema / Timothy E. Feltes -- 10. Echocardiographic quantitation of ventricular function / Benjamin W. Eidem -- 11. Magnetic resonance imaging assessment in heart failure / Tal Geva, Taylor Chung and Andrew J. Powell -- 12. Assessment of heart failure by cardiac catheterization / Glenn Leonard, Jr., Henri Justino and Ronald Grifka -- 13. The economic aspects of heart failure / Anthony C. Chang -- 14. Clinical recognition of congestive heart failure in children / Carolyn A. Altman and Grace Kung -- 15. Classification of types of heart failure / Antonio R. Mott and John P. Breinholt III -- 16. Right ventricular dysfunction in congenital heart disease / Timothy C. Slesnick and Anthony C. Chang -- 17. Acute myocarditis / Alan B. Lewis -- 18. Dilated cardiomyopathy / Gul H. Dadlani, William G. Harmon and Steven E. Lipshultz -- 19. Restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis / Susan W. Denfield -- 20. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Jeffrey A. Towbin -- 21. Valvular insufficiency and heart failure / Beatriz Bouzas-Zubeldia and Michael A. Gatzoulis -- 22. Valvular stenosis and heart failure / Wanda C. Miller-Hance -- 23. Single ventricle and ventricular performance / Mark A. Fogel -- 24. Dysrhythmias and ventricular dysfunction / Bryan C. Cannon and Naomi J. Kertesz -- 25. Heart failure in the fetus / James C. Huhta and Gerald Tulzer -- 26. Heart failure in the neonate / Tarun Mahajan and Anthony C. Chang -- 27. Heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease / Wayne J. Franklin and Gary D. Webb -- 28. Heart failure in pediatric pulmonary diseases / Felix R. Shardonofsky -- 29. The failing cardiovascular system in sepsis / Joseph A. Carcillo -- 30. Outpatient management of pediatric heart failure / Jack F. Price -- 31. Nursing and pyschosocial aspects of heart failure / Sarah K. Clunie -- 32. Diuretics / Heather A. Dickerson and Anthony C. Chang -- 33. Inotropic agents in heart failure / Desmond Bohn -- 34. Phosphodiesterase inhibitors / Colin J. McMahon and Anthony C. Chang -- 35. Use of vasodilators in heart failure / Stephen A. Stayer -- 36. [beta]-adrenergic receptor blockade / Robert E. Shaddy -- 37. Low cardiac output syndrome in the intensive care setting / Catherine L. Dent and David P. Nelson -- 38. New drugs for heart failure / Brady S. Moffett -- 39. Cardiac resynchronization therapy and heart failure / Gaurav Arora and Richard Friedman -- 40. Catheter device therapy for heart failure / Vivian Dimas and Anthony C. Chang -- 41. Pediatric heart transplantation / William J. Dreyer and Steven A. Webber -- 42. Surgical strategies for the failing systemic ventricle / David L. S. Morales and Charles D. Fraser, Jr. -- 43. Sudden death and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in heart failure / Naomi J. Kertesz and Bryan C. Cannon -- 44. Surgical valve intervention for valve failure / Jeffrey S. Heinle -- 45. General principles of mechanical cardiopulmonary support / Anthony C. Chang and E. Dean McKenzie -- 46. Short-term mechanical cardiopulmonary support devices / Raja Joshi and Brian W. Duncan -- 47. Ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients / Tom R. Karl and Stephen B. Horton -- 48. Long-term ventricular assist devices in children / Daniel J. DiBardino, Anthony C. Chang and E. Dean McKenzie -- 49. The adult experience with long-term ventricular assist devices / Branislav Radovancevic, Bojan Vrtovec and George P. Noon -- 50. Future of mechanical support devices in children and young adults / Matthew T. Harting and O. H. Frazier -- App. I. Drug formulary in heart failure / Ra-id Abdulla, Anthony C. Chang and Brady S. Moffett -- App. II. Selected clinical trials in adult heart failure therapy / Anthony C. Chang and Frank Smart -- App. III. Atlas of circulatory support devices / Wei Wang, Matthias Loebe and Anthony C. Chang -- Glossary of heart failure / Jeffrey Kim and Anthony C. Chang.

ISBN

072160692X

LCCN

2005042827

OCLC

• ocm57682372
• SCSB-5223137

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries