CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: Pathophysiology and Management

Nearly 5.1 million people in the United States and 23 million plus worldwide have heart failure.It is the leading cause of hospitalization among folks over age 65, accounting for $39 billion costs annually in the USA alone, with high rates of hospitalizations, readmissions, and outpatient visits. This eBook highlights the cutting-edge of pathophysiology, treatment options and prevention strategies available for different risk categories of patients. It formulates a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to reducing repetitive hospitalizations in those at high risk, for instance, the elderly with congestive heart failure. Identification of factors underlying heart failure plays a critical role in prevention and treatment. Topics discussed include:PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE; RISK FACTORS FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE in THE ELDERLY;DIAGNOSIS of CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE;TREATMENT OPTIONS in CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE;CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: TREATMENT OF PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS;MANAGEMENT of CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS;PREVENTION OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; and IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS UNDERLYING HEART FAILURE: A CRITICAL ROLE IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. This eBook is written in a style that is comprehensible to expert researcher, student and scientifically literate lay audiences and health-conscious consumer or patient alike.