I. Basic Concepts in HF
1. Definitions and Clinical Diagnosis of Heart Failure
Katerina K. Naka, MD PhD and Aris Bechlioulis, MD PhD
2. Epidemiology of Heart Failure
Lampros Papadimitriou, MD PhD, Prabhjot Grewal, MD and Andreas Kalogeropoulos, MD MPH PhD
3.Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Jacob Cao, MD, John O’Sullivan, MD PhD and Sean Lal, MD PhD
4. The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Vishal N. Rao, MD MPH and Kishan S. Parikh, MD
5. Principles of Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy
Erika L. Hellenbart, PharmD BCPS, Stephanie M. Dwyer, PharmD BCCP and Robert J. DiDomenico, PharmD BCPS-AQ Cardiology
6. Implantable Device Therapy in Heart Failure
Maxwell Eyram Afari, MD and Lana Tsao, MD
II. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
7. Pathophysiology and Clinical Evaluation of The Patient with Acute Heart Failure
George Bakosis, MD MS, Vasiliki Bistola, MD, Eftyhia Polyzogopoulou, MD PhD and John Parissis, MD PhD
8. Therapeutic Approaches in Acute HF
Getu Teressa, MD PhD, Rachel A, Bright, BS and Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, MD MPH PhD
9. Advanced Therapeutic Options in Acute HF
Tiffany Dong, MD, Aditi Nayak, MD and Alanna Morris MD, MSc
III. Managing Chronic Heart Failure
10. Outpatient Management of Stable Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Leah Reid MD, Jonathan Murrow MD, Kent Nilsson MD and Catherine Marti MD MSc
11. Exercise and Rehabilitation in HF
Audrey Borghi-Silva, PhD PT, Flávia Rossi Caruso. PhD PT amd Renata Gonçalves Mendes, PhD PT
12. The Patient with Ischemic Heart Failure
Konstantinos Aznaouridis, MD PhD, Constantina Masoura, MD PhD and Charalambos Vlachopoulos, MD PhD
13.The Non-Ischemic HF Patient
Maria – Anna Bazmpani, MD PhD and Theodoros D. Karamitsos, MD PhD
14. Valvular Heart Disease and Heart Failure
Kali Polytarchou, MD and Constantina Aggeli, MD PhD
15. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Jodie L. Kenes, MD, Richard B. Stacey, MD and Bharathi Upadhya, MD
16.Heart Failure with Recovered Ejection Fraction (HFrecEF) and Heart Failure with Midrange Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF)
Amil M. Shah, MD MPH and Jenine E. John, MD
17. The Advanced HF Patient
Eran Kalmanovich, MD, Philippe Gaudard. MD and François Roubille, MD
18. Palliative Care and Advanced Directives in Heart Failure
Melissa Owen, PhD, RN, FHFSA, CNE and Debbie A. Gunter RN, MN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
IV. Managing cardiovascular comorbidities in heart failure
19. Management of Hypertension in Heart Failure
Jesse Kane, MD, Clive Goulbourne, MD and Hal. A. Skopicki, MD PhD
20. Management df Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, MD PhD and Aris Bechlioulis, MD PhD
21. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure
Antonis S. Manolis, MD PhD, Antonis A. Manolis, DPT, MS and Theodora A. Manolis, MD
V. Noncardiac Comorbidities and HF
22. The Management of Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes
Tiffany Dong, MD and Salim S. Hayek, MD
23. The Patient with Renal Dysfunction
Alexandros Briasoulis, MD PhD, Kristine Yumul, MD and Paulino Alvarez, MD
24. The Patient with Anemia and Iron Deficiency
Haye H. van der Wal, MD and Peter van der Meer, MD, PhD
25. Management of Neurologic and Psychiatric Illness in the Patient with Heart Failure
Gregory Kalaitzidis, MD and Evangelos Pavlos Myserlis, MD
VI. The Patient with Right Heart Disease
26. Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure from Left Heart Disease
Anjan Tibrewala, MD and Jonathan D. Rich, MD
27. The Patient with Non-Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension
Sophia Anastasia Mouratoglou, MD MSc PhD and George Giannakoulas, MD PhD
VII. Special Cases of HF
28. Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Andrew Constantine, MD, Ana Barradas-Pires, MD MSc, Isma Rafiq, MD, Justyna Rybicka, MD, Michael A Gatzoulis, MD and Konstantinos Dimopoulos, MD
29. Cancer Therapies and Cardiac Dysfunction
Victoria Schuster, MD MS, Katherine Godfrey, BA and Michelle E. Bloom, MD
30. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Pregnancy
Anita Saraf, MD PhD and Fred H. Rodriguez III, MD
31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Marco Merlo, MD, Alessia Paldino, MD, Giulia De Angelis., MD and Gianfranco Sinagra, MD
32. Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo Syndrome)
Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, MD, Juan Guido Chiabrando, MD, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Krishna Ravindra, MD and Antonio Abbate, MD
33. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ahmad Masri, MD MS and Stephen B. Heitner, MD
34. Myocarditis
George Lazaros, MD PhD, Emilia Lazarou, MD and Dimitris Tousoulis, MDPhD
35. Infiltrative Diseases: Amyloid
Melissa Lyle, MD and Kunal Bhatt, MD
36. Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Fabry Disease and Iron-overload Cardiomyopathy
Arthur Qi, BSc, Quynh Nguyen, BSc, Haran Yogasundaram, MD and Gavin Y. Oudit, MD PhD
