Askari Arman T., Messerli Adrian W. (eds.) Cardiovascular Hemodynamics: An Introductory Guide

2nd edition. — Humana Press, 2019. — 403 p. — (Contemporary Cardiology) — ISBN: 978-3-030-19130-6The second edition of this key resource provides a broad and fundamental overview of basic cardiovascular (CV) hemodynamic principles with a focus on clinical assessment of CV physiology. Extensively updated, the book includes new coverage on noninvasive hemodynamic assessment and the effects of selected interventions on CV hemodynamics. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts such as preload, afterload, myocardial contractility, and cardiac output. Subsequent chapters examine the effects of interventions such as vasodilators, beta blockers, pressor agents, inotropes, and different forms of invasive circulatory support. The book also focuses on various methods of hemodynamic evaluation including echocardiography, CT/MRI, noninvasive hemodynamic assessment, and cardiac catheterization. The book concludes with a discussion of proper diagnosis, evaluation, and management of patients using hemodynamic data on a variety of specific disease states. An invaluable contribution to the Contemporary Cardiology Series, the Second Edition of Cardiovascular Hemodynamics: An Introductory Guide is an essential resource for physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, and researchers in cardiology, emergency medicine, critical care, and internal medicine.Components of Myocardial Performance
Preload
Afterload
Contractility
Cardiac Output
Effects of Selected Interventions on CV Hemodynamics
Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone Axis Modulators and Other Vasodilators
Beta Blockers and Calcium Channel Blockers
Pressor Agents, Pure Inotropes, Mixed Function Agents
Recently Approved Pharmacologic Agents to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Methods of Hemodynamic Evaluation
Key Clinical Findings
Echocardiography
CT and MRI Cardiovascular Hemodynamics
Objective Evaluation of Hemodynamics in the Outpatient Setting
Cardiac Catheterization: Right- and Left-Heart Catheterization
Specific Hemodynamically Compromised Situations
Tamponade
Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Valvular Heart Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Intracardiac Shunts
Shock
Intracoronary Hemodynamics