Heart Failure

Part 1: Cellular and Molecular Basis for Heart Failure 1. A Brief Primer on the Development of the Heart Serge Gregoire and Sean Wu 2. The Genetics of Dilated and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies Calum Macrae 3. Molecular Signaling Networks Underlying Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Gerald W Dorn II MD 4. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Normal and Failing Heart Mattew Coggins, Bernhard Haring, Federica del Monte 5. Myocardial energetics and cellular metabolism in the failing heart Joanne S. Ingwall 6. Animal Models of Heart Failure William Carlson Part II: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure 7. Ventricular Remodeling and Secondary Valvular Dysfunction in Heart Failure Progression Kibar Yared, Judy Hung 8. Neurohormonal and Cytokine Activation in Heart Failure Dennis McNamara 9. Cardiomyopathies in the Adult Richard Rodeheffer 10. Water and Salt: the cardiorenal syndrome Maria Rosa Costanzo Part III: The Demographics, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Heart Failure: 11. The Clinical Syndrome of Heart Failure Thomas DiSalvo, Jordon Shin 12. Clinical Profiles and Bedside Assessment Lynne Warner Stevenson 13. Prognosis in Heart Failure J. Susie Woo, Wayne C. Levy, 14. Biomarkers in Heart Failure Ravi V. Shah, MD and Thomas J. Wang 15. Noninvasive Imaging Modalities for the Evaluation of Heart Failure Kimberly A. Parks and Malissa J. Wood 16. Role of Invasive Monitoring in Heart Failure: Pulmonary Artery Catheters in the Post-ESCAPE Era W. H. Wilson Tang, Gary S. Francis Part IV: The medical treatment of clinical heart failure 17. Conventional Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure: Diuretics, Vasodilators, and Digoxin G. William Dec, MD 18. Conventional Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure: Beta-Adrenergic Blockers G. William Dec 19. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Heart Failure George V. Moukarbel 20. Anticoagulation in Systolic Heart Failure Ronald Freudenberger 21. Role of Mineralocorticoid Antagonists in Patients with Heart Failure Mara Giattina, Flora Sam 22. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Barry A. Borlaug 23. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy William T. Abraham, MD 24. Management of Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure Usha Tedrow, William G. Stevenson 25. Ultrafiltration for the management of volume overload Bradley A. Bart 26. Heart Failure and Palliative Care Joshua Hauser, Robert Bonow Part V: Molecular and Biologic Therapies 27. Gene Therapy for Heart Failure Stefan Janssens