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Heart failure and arrhythmias: with 17 tables

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This book is a comprehensive update on a highly controver- sial issue in cardiology with the aim to indicate causes for failure of present antiarrhythmic therapy in heart failure and to demonstrate perspectives for the future

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Corporate Author: World Congress of Clinical Pharmacology (Other)
Other Authors: Brachmann, Johannes (Editor) , Dietz, Rainer (Editor) , Kübler, Wolfgang (Editor)
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-75326-8
Subjects:
Konferenzschrift > 1989 > Heidelberg
Antiarrhythmikum
Herzinsuffizienz
Pathophysiologie
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75326-8
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Author Notes:J. Brachmann, Rainer Dietz, Wolfgang Kübler (eds.)
Table of Contents:
  • I PathophysiologyEditorial: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias
  • Pathogenesis of Impaired Pump Function in Congestive Heart Failure
  • Pathogenesis of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure
  • Evaluation of the Severity of Heart Failure: Role of Compensatory Mechanisms
  • Tissue Renin-Angiotensin Systems in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
  • Evaluation of the Severity of Ventricular Rhythm Disturbances: Value of Electrophysiological Testing and Recording of Late Potentials
  • II Approaches to Treatment
  • Hemodynamic Approach
  • Editorial: How to Treat - The Hemodynamic Approach
  • Structural Basis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Role of Collagen Network Remodeling and Potential Therapeutic Interventions
  • Treatment of Heart Failure by “Afterload” Reduction: Vasodilator or Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor?
  • Possible Role of Positive Inotropic Drugs in Congestive Heart Failure and in Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Prognostic Indices and Prolongation of Life
  • Antiarrhythmic Approach
  • Editorial: Heart Failure and Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias - The Antiarrhythmic Approach
  • When to Treat Arrhythmias in Heart Failure?
  • Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Heart Failure
  • Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Malignant Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  • Role of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  • III Prognosis
  • Obtaining Reliable Information from Randomized Controlled Trials in Congestive Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Prognostic Significance of Asymptomatic Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure: Potential for Mortality Reduction by Pharmacologic Control.

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