Heart failure and arrhythmias

• Verfasst von: Brachmann, Johannes [Hrsg.]
• Titel: Heart failure and arrhythmias
• Titelzusatz: with 17 tables
• Mitwirkende: Dietz, Rainer [Hrsg.]
• Mitwirkende: Kübler, Wolfgang [Hrsg.]
• Institutionen: World Congress of Clinical Pharmacology <1989, Heidelberg; Mannheim>
• Verf.angabe: J. Brachmann, Rainer Dietz, Wolfgang Kübler (eds.)
• Verlagsort: Berlin, Heidelberg
• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Jahr: 1990
• Umfang: Online-Ressource (XIV, 179 p. 42 illus)
• Fussnoten: Based on an international satellite workshop to the World Congress of Clinical Pharmacology, held in Heidelberg/Mannheim from July 23-29, 1989
• Inhalt: I PathophysiologyEditorial: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias -- Pathogenesis of Impaired Pump Function in Congestive Heart Failure -- Pathogenesis of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure -- Evaluation of the Severity of Heart Failure: Role of Compensatory Mechanisms -- Tissue Renin-Angiotensin Systems in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure -- Evaluation of the Severity of Ventricular Rhythm Disturbances: Value of Electrophysiological Testing and Recording of Late Potentials -- II Approaches to Treatment -- Hemodynamic Approach -- Editorial: How to Treat - The Hemodynamic Approach -- Structural Basis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Role of Collagen Network Remodeling and Potential Therapeutic Interventions -- Treatment of Heart Failure by “Afterload” Reduction: Vasodilator or Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor? -- Possible Role of Positive Inotropic Drugs in Congestive Heart Failure and in Left Ventricular Dysfunction -- Prognostic Indices and Prolongation of Life -- Antiarrhythmic Approach -- Editorial: Heart Failure and Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias -- Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias - The Antiarrhythmic Approach -- When to Treat Arrhythmias in Heart Failure? -- Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Heart Failure -- Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Malignant Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure -- Role of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure -- III Prognosis -- Obtaining Reliable Information from Randomized Controlled Trials in Congestive Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction -- Prognostic Significance of Asymptomatic Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure: Potential for Mortality Reduction by Pharmacologic Control.
• ISBN: 978-3-642-75326-8
• DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-75326-8
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (1989 : Heidelberg)
• Sprache: eng
• (Gesamttitel): Springer eBook Collection. Medicine
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Heart failure and arrhythmias. - Berlin : Springer, 1990. - XIV, 179 S
• K10plus-PPN: 775400963

Abstract

This book is a comprehensive update on a highly controver- sial issue in cardiology with the aim to indicate causes for failure of present antiarrhythmic therapy in heart failure and to demonstrate perspectives for the future