Manual of Heart Failure Management

John D. Bisognano, MD PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Outpatient Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. He was trained at the University of Michigan and at the University of Colorado in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure, and Cardiac Transplantation. He is attending physician on the heart failure service at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Heart failure is an increasingly common occurance in the patient population despite better treatment and management options available to clinicians. The focus is now increasingly turning towards prevention to reduce the rising incidence in addition to more efficacious treatment regimens.

With emphasis on practical knowledge and easy reference, this title is designed to present the relevant diagnostic, management and treatment information in an easily digested and evidence-based algorithm format. With use of illustrations, readers will be able to rely on this text as a basic primer when studying patients with this complex and multifaceted set of diseases.