Thursday, 20 February 2025

Refractory Heart Failure | Chapter 2 | Medicine Essentials in Clinical Practice

Heart failure is a multifaceted clinical condition arising from structural or functional abnormalities that hinder the heart's capacity to fill with or pump blood effectively. The 2022 guidelines from the AHA/ACC/HFSA introduce a staging framework that classifies patients based on their clinical symptoms and disease progression. This study thoroughly examines the impact of heart failure and explores management strategies tailored to the different stages of the condition. It highlights pharmacological approaches for symptom management and cardiac remodeling, alongside interventional therapies and advanced devices such as Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, and Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Rohit Raina
Department of General Medicine, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab- 151001, India.

 

Preeti Singh Dhoat
Department of General Medicine, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab- 151001, India.

 

Niket Verma
Department of General Medicine, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab- 151001, India

 

Barath G.R
Department of General Medicine, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab- 151001, India.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-49238-92-3/CH2

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