Heart failure : pathophysiology, molecular biology, and clinical management /

Katz, Arnold M.

Heart failure : pathophysiology, molecular biology, and clinical management / Arnold M. Katz, Marvin A. Konstam. - 2nd ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009. - xiii, 335 p. : ill.

First ed. lacks subtitle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definition, historical aspects -- The failing heart as a damaged pump -- The neurohumoral response in heart failure : functional signaling -- The hypertrophic response in heart failure : proliferative signaling -- Cellular and molecular abnormalities in the failing heart -- Therapeutic options for patients with, or at risk for, heart failure -- Approaches to treatment of patients with, or at risk for, heart failure.

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Heart Failure--physiopathology
Heart Failure--genetics
Heart Failure--therapy

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