(PDF) Diastology – Clinical Approach to Diastolic Heart Failure by Allan L. Klein

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
PART I: BASIC DETERMINANTS OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
Chapter 1: Molecular, Gene, and Cellular Mechanisms
Chapter 2: Pathophysiology of Diastolic Heart Failure: Relaxation and Stiffness
Chapter 3: Role of Pericardium in Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 4: Left Atrial Function: Basic Physiology
Chapter 5: Physical Determinants of Diastolic Flow
PART II: DIAGNOSIS OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Chapter 6: General Principles, Clinical Definition, and Epidemiology
Chapter 7: Invasive Physiology: Clinical Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Diastolic Dysfunction
Chapter 8: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chapter 9: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Radionuclide Techniques
Chapter 10: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Two-Dimensional and Doppler Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Including Pulmonary Venous Flow
Chapter 11: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Color M-Mode Doppler
Chapter 12: Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Tissue Doppler, Strain, and Torsion Analysis
Chapter 13: Assessment of Left Atrial Size and Function
Chapter 14: Evaluation of Right Ventricular Diastolic Function
Chapter 15: Evaluation of Intracardiac Filling Pressures
Chapter 16: Evaluation of Tei Index in Heart Failure
Chapter 17: Exercise Intolerance in Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 18: Sonographer’s Perspective of Evaluating Diastolic Function
PART III: DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE IN CARDIAC DISEASES
Chapter 19: Hypertension and Valvular Heart Disease
Chapter 20: Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Transplantation
Chapter 21: Primary Restrictive, Infiltrative, and Storage Cardiomyopathies
Chapter 22: Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 23: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 24: Pericardial Diseases: Constriction and Pericardial Effusion
Chapter 25: Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 26: Diabetes Mellitus
PART IV: EMERGING TOPICS IN DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Chapter 27: Role of Neurohormones
Chapter 28: Global and Regional Systolic Function of the Left Ventricle in Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 29: Pacing and Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 30: Aging and Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 31: Ventricular-Arterial Interaction in Patients with Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction
PART V: TREATMENT OF DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Chapter 32: General Treatment of Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 33: Echo-Based Approach to the Management of Diastolic Heart Failure
Chapter 34: Future Therapies in Diastolic Heart Failure
Index