Acute Heart Failure

Alexandre Mebazaa is based in Paris at the Hospital. He is a member of the joint European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Acute Heart Failure. Dr. Mihai Gheorghiade is the Associate Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service, Clinical Practice Director, and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. Faiez Zannad is Professor of Cardiology at INSERM-CHU, Nancy, France. Joseph Parrillo, M.D., is the Director of the Cooper Heart Institute, and the Head of the division of Cardiovascular Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Cooper. He has authored more than 800 books, articles and abstracts in his career, and is considered one of the world's preeminent clinicians and researchers in cardiovascular disease/critical care medicine. Dr. Parrillo has received many accolades throughout his career, including the highest civilian honor for his work in heart disease and critical care medicine at the prestigious National Institutes of Health.

From the reviews: "This book provides the most comprehensive coverage to date of most aspects of acute heart failure available in a single volume, and its interdisciplinary approach makes it valuable to physicians caring for patients with acute heart failure. ... By identifying our lack of knowledge, data, and carefully performed trials, the book puts researchers, clinicians, and health care authorities on notice to include acute heart failure as a topic of major concern in future research." (Helmut Drexler, The New England Journal of Medicine, September, 2008)

• Part 1: AHFS: From Epidemiology to Clinical Practice.- Epidemiology and Definitions.-The Transition from Normal Physiology to Pathophysiology.- Cardiac Level.- Cellular and Organ System Level.- Clinical Scenarios.- Acute Myocardial Dysfunction.- Right Ventricular Dysfunction.- AHFS and Coexisting Disease.- AHFS in the Extreme Ages.-Part 2: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management of Severe AHFS.- Procedures and Technology.- Treatment of AHFS: Airway and Lung Management.- Treatment of AHFS: Fluid Management.- Treatment of AHFS: Cardiovascular Management.- Vasodilators.-Positive Inotropes and Vasopressors.- Novel Cardiovascular Therapy for AHFS.- Specific ICU Management of AHFS.- Anesthesia and Surgical Management of AHFS.- Management of Organ Dysfunction Associated with AHFS.- Rescue Management in AHFS.- AHFS Management in HF Clinics.- Impact of Guidelines and Regulatory Views on AHFS Treatment.