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Evaluation of the Severity of Heart Failure: Role of Compensatory Mechanisms
- Source :
- Heart Failure and Arrhythmias ISBN: 9783642753282
- Publication Year :
- 1990
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990.
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Abstract
- The severity of heart failure is in general expressed either by a grading system or by indices of left ventricular function. However, the correlations between currently used classification systems of heart failure and prognosis are poor, and more important, this stratification does not provide a basis for individually adjusted therapy. Treatment of the cause of heart failure is possible, for example, in cases of valvular heart disease. It is not possible when myocardial pump failure is present — except by complete exchange of the diseased heart.
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-642-75328-2
- ISBNs :
- 9783642753282
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Heart Failure and Arrhythmias ISBN: 9783642753282
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........23854db05d27970c51fd9cd0bb25f359