Complemented by: Braunwald's heart disease / edited by Douglas L. Mann, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow, Eugene Braunwald. 10th edition. [2015].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Molecular basis for heart failure / Abhinav Diwan, Joseph A. Hill, and Thomas L. Force -- Cellular basis for heart failure / Adam Nabeebaccus, Can Martin Sag, Ian Webb, and Ajay M. Shah -- Cellular basis for myocardial regeneration and repair / Annarosa Leri, Marcello Rota, Toru Hosoda, and Piero Anversa -- Myocardial basis for heart failure: role of cardiac interstitium / Francis G. Spinale -- Molecular signaling mechanisms of the renin-angiotensin system in heart failure / Rajesh Kumar, Kenneth M. Baker, and Jing Pan -- Adrenergic receptor signaling in heart failure / J. David Port, Carmen Sucharov, and Michael R. Bristow -- Role of innate immunity in heart failure / Douglas L. Mann -- Oxidative stress in heart failure / Douglas B. Sawyer, Aaron L. Sverdlov, and Wilson S. Colucci -- Alterations in ventricular function in systolic heart failure / David A. Kass -- Alterations in ventricular function: diastolic heart failure / Loek van Heerebeek and Walter J. Paulus -- Alterations in ventricular structure: role of left ventricular remodeling and reverse remodeling in heart failure / Luigi Adamo and Douglas L. Mann -- Alterations in the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in heart failure / John S. Floras -- Alterations in the peripheral circulation in heart failure / Eduard Shantsila and Gregory Y. H. Lip -- Alterations in kidney function associated with heart failure / Tamar S. Polonsky and George L. Bakris -- Alterations in skeletal muscle in heart failure / P. Christian Schulze and Michael J. Toth -- Alterations in cardiac metabolism / Linda R. Peterson, Joel Schilling, and Heinrich Taegtmeyer -- Epidemiology of heart failure / Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Vasiliki V. Georgiopoulou, and Javed Butler -- Heart failure as a consequence of ischemic heart disease / James D. Flaherty, Robert O. Bonow, and Mihai Gheorghiade -- Heart failure as a consequence of dilated cardiomyopathy / Biykem Bozkurt -- The restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy / Joshua M. Hare -- Heart failure as a consequence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Ali J. Marian -- Heart failure as a consequence of genetic cardiomyopathy / Daniel P. Judge -- Heart failure as a consequence of hypertension / Florian Rader and Ronald G. Victor -- Heart failure as a consequence of valvular heart disease / Blase A. Carabello -- Heart failure as a consequence of congenital heart disease / Eric V. Krieger and Anne Marie Valente -- Heart failure as a consequence of viral and nonviral myocarditis / Dennis M. McNamara -- Heart failure in the developing world / Karen Sliwa and Simon Stewart -- Clinical evaluation of heart failure / W. H. Wilson Tang and Gary S. Francis -- Cardiac imaging in heart failure / Martin St. John Sutton, Alan R. Morrison, Albert J. Sinusas, and Victor A. Ferrari -- The use of biomarkers in the evaluation of patients with heart failure / Hanna K. Gaggin and James L. Januzzi, Jr. -- Hemodynamics in heart failure / John J. Ryan, Jose Nativi Nicolau, and James C. Fang -- Disease prevention in heart failure / Viorel G. Florea and Jay N. Cohn -- Management of acute decompensated heart failure / Lynne Warner Stevenson -- Contemporary medical therapy for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction / Robert J. Mentz, Douglas L. Mann, and G. Michael Felker -- Management of arrhythmias and device therapy in heart failure / Christopher P. Porterfield and John P. DiMarco -- Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction / Anita Deswal and Sukhdeep S. Basra -- Management of heart failure in special populations: older patients, women, and racial/ethnic minority groups / Susan M. Joseph, Angela L. Brown, Matthew S. Maurer, and Michael W. Rich -- Stem cell-based and gene therapies in heart failure / John Mignone and W. Robb MacLellan -- Pulmonary hypertension / Shannon M. Dunlay, Garvan C. Kane, and Margaret M. Redfield -- Cardiac transplantation / Mariell Jessup and Pavan Atluri -- Surgical treatment of chronic congestive heart failure / Wilfried Mullens, Frederik H. Verbrugge, and Randall C. Starling -- Circulatory assist devices in heart failure / Gregory A. Ewald, Carmelo A. Milano, and Joseph G. Rogers -- Managing heart failure in cancer patients / Douglas B. Sawyer and Daniel Lenihan -- Disease management in heart failure / David Whellan, Kariann Abbate, and Efstathia Andrikopoulou -- Management of comorbidities in heart failure / Justin A. Ezekowitz -- Quality and outcomes in heart failure / Adam D. DeVore and Adrian F. Hernandez -- Decision making and palliative care in advanced heart failure / Larry A. Allen and Daniel D. Matlock.