We are currently in the midst of the greatest heart failure pandemic in human history and the prevalence of heart failure is rising steadily and ominously all over the wold. It is currently estimate that more than 20 million people worldwide suffer from this condition. This update highlights the enormous progress being made in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. The chosen topics cover all the pharmacological therapies in use to date for the treatment of heart failure and are based on personal experience with the various drugs available. William T Abraham, The Ohio State...

Heart failure is epidemic throughout the world. A growing incidence and prevalence has resulted in a large population of individuals transitioning to advanced stages of the syndrome and requiring uniquely specialised therapies and cardiac transplantation.

Oxford Textbook of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation is a focused and comprehensive work covering this new and rapidly growing cardiovascular subspecialty. Authored by eminent international experts, it is the authoritative text on advanced heart failure and a central resource for clinicians caring for patients with this...

Die Arbeit setzt sich kritisch mit der Trennung horizontaler und vertikaler Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen im deutschen Kartellrecht auseinander und begegnet dieser mit einem okonomisch gepragten Ansatz. Danach sollte die formaljuristische Unterscheidung nicht beibehalten bleiben, sondern einer Differenzierung nach produktexternen (interbrand-) und/oder produktinternen (intrabrand-) Kriterien weichen, die auf die Gesetzmassigkeiten des Marktgeschehens flexibler zu reagieren vermogen."