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Volume 353:212-214 July 14, 2005 Number 2

Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

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(Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology. Volume 50.) Edited by G. William Dec, Thomas DiSalvo, Roger J. Hajjar, and Marc J. Semigran. 582 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 2005. $179.95. ISBN 0-8247-5827-7.

Sir Thomas Lewis opined in 1933 that "the very essence of cardiovascular practice is the early detection of heart failure." Heart failure at that time was a topic of substantial interest to physicians. In the past two decades that interest has been revived, and no longer is cardiology overlooked in favor of surgery, catheter intervention, and the early management of acute coronary syndromes. This change has come about because of the realization that heart failure is a common cardiac problem that is becoming more common, is detectable in the community, is preventable, is treatable, and consumes a considerable proportion of . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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