Manual of Heart Failure Management

Heart failure is a serious condition caused by the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at the right pressure. It usually occurs because the heart muscle has become too weak or stiff to work properly, most commonly caused by heart attack, high blood pressure or cardiomyopathy (heart disease).

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of heart failure.

Divided into 81 sections, the book begins with an overview of heart failure, its epidemiology, types, assessment and diagnosis, and imaging.

Each of the following chapters provides in depth detail on a different type or cause of heart failure, concluding with discussion on intravenous drug administration.

With more than 100 contributors, the text is further enhanced by charts and tables, making it an excellent quick reference guide for both practising cardiologists and trainees.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of heart failure
• Covers numerous different types and causes
• More than 100 expert contributors
• Highly illustrated with charts and tables

Contents
SECTION 1: HEART FAILURE
1. Epidemiology of Heart Failure in India 3
Jeemon P
2. Heart Failure: Definition and Types 7
Jabir Abdullakutty
3. Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms 11
Prakash C Negi, Kunal Mahajan
4. Systolic Function Assessment in Heart Failure by
Echocardiography 14
G Vijayaraghavan
5. Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function
in Heart Failure 17
Shantanu P Sengupta
6. Workup for Heart Failure 23
Shafeeq Mattummal
7. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure 26
Dibyaranjan Behera
8. Cardiac Catheterization in Heart Failure 30
Girish MP, Vishal Batra, Mohit D Gupta
9. Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure 32
Ankur Agarwal, Karthik Raghuram
10. Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure: Fallacies and
Special Situations 36
Satyanarayan Routray, Dipak Ranjan Das
11. Other Biomarkers of Heart Failure: Troponin T, ST-2,
and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide 39
Susheel Malani
12. Ultrasound B Lines: Cardiologist’s Best Friend in
Heart Failure Evaluation 42
Johny Joseph
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13. Guideline Directed Therapy for Heart Failure: Overview 54
Santanu Guha, Basabendra Choudhury
14. Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors Therapy
in Heart Failure 60
Jeet Ram Kashyap
15. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers: Role, Initiation,
and Maintenance in Heart Failure 63
Veena Nanjappa
16. Aldosterone Antagonists in Heart Failure 66
Viswanatha Kartik S, Ankur Agarwal
17. Beta-blockers in Heart Failure 71
Maneesh Rai
18. Diuretic Therapy in Heart Failure: Initiation, Titration,
and Maintenance 76
Santhosh Satheesh, Bhagwati Prasad Pant
19. Angiotensin Receptor–Neprilysin Inhibitors: Role,
Initiation, and Maintenance in Heart Failure 84
D Rajasekhar, Sureshbabu T, V Vanajakshamma
20. Ivabradine: Role in Heart Failure, Initiation,
and Maintenance 87
Justin Paul G, Shailendra Sompura
21. Digoxin Initiation and Maintenance 90
Hemanath TR
22. Hydralazine and Nitrates: Initiation and Maintenance 93
Anoop George Alex
23. Drugs to be Avoided in Heart Failure 96
Sreekanth Yerram
24. Antidiabetic Drugs in Heart Failure 99
Prashant Panda, Ajay Bahl
25. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure—Inotropes:
Catecholaminergic Agents 103
Stigi Joseph
26. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure—Inotropes:
Noncatecholaminergic Agents 107
Col Navreet Singh
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27. Mechanical Circulatory Support for Heart Failure—
Current Concepts 110
Bagirath Raghuraman
28. Arrhythmia Management and Anticoagulation in
Heart Failure 118
Mukul Kumar
29. Hyponatremia in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure 121
Anurag Sharma
30. Potassium Imbalances During Heart Failure
Management 123
Jayesh S Prajapati, Ashish S Mishra
31. Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure 131
VK Chopra, Gayathri Bhuvaneswaran Kartha
32. Surgical Management of Heart Failure 136
Vivek V Pillai
33. Device Therapy in Heart Failure—Implantable Cardiac
Defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,
and Cardiac Contractility Modulation 142
Shomu Bohora
34. Living with Heart Failure: Self-care 145
AJ Swamy, PL Vidya
35. Heart Transplantation 148
T Sunder, AGK Gokhale, Sandeep Seth, Abraham Oomman
36. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy—Diagnosis and
Management 158
Rishi Sethi, Akshyaya Pradhan, Amit Kumar Singh
37. Tachycardiomyopathy: Definition and Management 166
Danish H Kazmi, Aditya Kapoor, Sudeep Kumar
38. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—Diagnosis and
Management 171
Dharmendra Jain, Abhishek Kaushley
39. Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 176
Smit Shrivastava
40. Amyloidosis: Price of Longevity 180
CN Manjunath, Deepak Padmanabhan
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Author information

Harikrishnan S MD DM DNB FRCP
Professor of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India