Heart Failure, Second Edition has been updated to provide the latest advancements in heart failure research. Supplemented by more than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations, the book helps cardiologists and emergency care physicians quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient's cardiac impairment.

New topics in this edition include:

• Developments in mechanical and pharmacologic treatments
• Discoveries in developmental biology
• Up-and-coming imaging modalities
• Surgical options for mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation
• Pharmacogenomics and gene-based and cell-based therapies
• Gene expression/recurrence in heart failure
• Changes in metabolic substrate utilization and pathways

Heart Failure, Second Edition has been updated to provide the latest advancements in heart failure research. Supplemented by more than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations, the book helps cardiologists and emergency care physicians quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient's cardiac impairment. New topics in this edition include: Developments in mechanical and pharmacologic treatments Discoveries in developmental biology Up-and-coming imaging modalities Surgical options for mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation Pharmacogenomics and gene-based and cell-based therapies Gene expression/recurrence in heart failure Changes in metabolic substrate utilization and pathways