Third edition. Edited by Jeffrey D. Hosenpud and Barry H. Greenberg. 869 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007. $169. ISBN 978-0-7817-6285-4.
Thirteen years have elapsed since the first edition of thisbook was published. At that time, heart failure was just beingrecognized as a cardiovascular condition that had major effectson public health, and that recognition was probably the impetusfor writing such a book in the first place. Since then, theremarkable pace of change in our understanding of heart failurehas been driven by advances in the biologic sciences, engineering,information technology, and the funding of large trials by industry.The evidence base for choices in the treatment of heart failureis probably greater than in any other . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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