Author Description

Fully updated to cover all the latest advances in a dynamic field, ABC of Heart Failure is an invaluable reference for general practitioners, hospital doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and prevention of heart failure. This edition includes new chapters on interventional strategies (electrophysiologic intervention, revascularization procedures, surgical approaches, artificial support, and transplantation) and novel therapies and future directions. There will be new content on acute and chronic management strategies, the multidisciplinary approach to heart failure nursing and palliative care, and the management of heart failure within general practice. The title references and expands upon the relevant current guidelines, especially the 2012 ESC Heart Failure Guidelines.