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BL
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| Record Number
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642157
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| Title & Author
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Heart failure : : a combined medical and surgical approach /\ edited by Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young.
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| Publication Statement
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Malden, Mass. :: Blackwell Futura,, 2007.
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| Page. NO
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xi, 314 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781405122030 (alk. paper)
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: 140512203X (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Epidemiology of heart failure: progression to pandemic? -- Heart failure clinical trials: shaping the evidence for treatment guidelines -- Standard medical therapy of heart failure -- Novel therapies in heart failure -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers in congestive heart failure -- Managing a heart failure clinic -- Novel imaging technologies for heart failure patients -- Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Bypass surgery in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy -- Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction -- Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for cardiomyopathy patients -- Mechanical circulatory support -- The role of heart transplantation -- Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical circulatory support -- Biological approaches to heart failure: gene transfer and cell transplantation -- Ethical issues in cardiothoracic medicine.
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| Subject
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Heart failure-- Treatment.
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Heart Failure-- therapy.
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Cardiac Output, Low-- therapy.
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures-- methods.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.1/2906
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| LC Classification
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RC685.C53H4344 2007
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| NLM classification
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2007 C-085
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WG 370H436175 2007
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| Added Entry
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McCarthy, Patrick M.,1955-
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Young, James B.
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