Heart Failure, Second Edition has been updated to provide the latest advancements in heart failure research. Supplemented by more than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations, the book helps cardiologists and emergency care physicians quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient's cardiac impairment.

New topics in this edition include:

• Developments in mechanical and pharmacologic treatments
• Discoveries in developmental biology
• Up-and-coming imaging modalities
• Surgical options for...