Stage B, a Pre-Cursor of Heart Failure, an Issue of Heart Failure Clinics: Volume 8-1

ISBN-13: 9781455738717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 2 str.

Jay N. Cohn; Gary Francis

Opis

In the joint American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure.? Preventing progression of heart failure in Stage B patients is a central concern to heart failure specialists, so two issues have been devoted to this topic.? Part I focuses on an understanding of structural heart disease and the factors that cause progression from risk of heart failure to development of structural changes.