Acute Heart Failure

Dr.  Wolfgang Kruger is a physician trained and specialized in general internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care medicine, with international certification. He has worked as a consultant intensivist and cardiologist throughout Europe, with special interests in acute heart failure and circulatory disorders of critically ill patients. Currently he is working as senior consultant at the Medical University Department of the Cantonal Hospital in Aarau, Switzerland, where he holds teaching responsibilities. His attempt to incorporate the newest research into everyday evidence-based medicine led him to write a textbook on this topic.

“This would be a good reference for those in the process of medical training or in practice, such as medical students, residents, cardiology fellows, APPs in cardiology/heart failure, and practicing cardiologists. … provides comprehensive, updated guidance in the mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of acute heart failure. The concepts are covered in great detail and are thoroughly evidence based. This would be useful as a reference as well as a background book for medical students up through cardiology fellows and practitioners.” (Thomas Middour, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017)

• Foreword.- Cardiac physiology of acute heart failure syndromes.- Acute heart failure syndromes.- Cardiogenic shock.- Acute right heart failure.- Heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (HFNEF).-  Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in left heart disease (LHD - PH).- Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS).- Abbreviations.