| Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure Contributor(s): Deng, Mario C. (Author), Naka, Yoshifumi (Author) |
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ISBN: 186094728X ISBN-13: 9781860947285 Publisher: Imperial College Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of mechanical circulatory support devices and their role in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. It is targeted at healthcare teams around the world who are involved with the patient care, research and teaching in advanced heart failure, those in training, and the interested lay public. Situations in which a patient with advanced heart failure is evaluated as well as cared for before and after implantation of mechanical circulatory support devices have to be described in a complementary way by professional teams and their patients. Therefore, these perspectives are presented alongside to provide a comprehensive overview of the process of care in its entire scope. In particular, evidence-based medicine perspectives of expert cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, coordinators, social workers, psychologists, physical therapists, and equally important, of our patients and their relatives, are portrayed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Cardiology - Medical | Surgery - General - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 617.412 |
| LCCN: 2006049707 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.34" W x 8.97" (1.67 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This engaging book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the rapidly evolving field of mechanical circulatory support therapy in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. It is aimed at healthcare teams around the world who are involved in patient care, research, and teaching of advanced heart failure; healthcare professionals in training; and interested lay persons.In particular, this book- serves as a comprehensive resource and practice guide on all aspects of mechanical circulatory support therapy, starting with an overview on heart failure management and then continuing with the referral and evaluation, the care before and after mechanical circulatory support implantation, the analysis of outcomes and complications, as well as a description of research and societal perspectives in the field of mechanical circulatory support therapy;- is founded on the expertise of Columbia University Medical Center (New York City), which has one of the most renowned heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation programs in the world;- takes a multidisciplinary integrated healthcare team approach, including the perspectives of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, coordinators, social workers, psychologists, physical therapists, financial experts, and bioethicists; and- provides in a unique way the complementary viewpoints from the expert healthcare team's as well as the patient's and family's perspectives, with patient vignettes interspersed throughout the entire text. |