Author/Editor     Vrtovec, Bojan; Poglajen, Gregor
Title     Sodobni načini zdravljenja srčnega popuščanja
Translated title     Modern treatment methods for heart failure
Type     članek
Source     Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.     Letnik 80, št. 4
Publication year     2011
Volume     str. 302-15
Language     slo
Abstract     Chronic heart failure is a clinical syndrome that can result from many cardiac diseases, the most common being cardiomyopathies and coronary artery disease. According to recent epidemiological data, heart failure is the only cardiologic entity whose prevalence is actually increasing and is present in 2-5 % of general population and in 10 % of people older than 65 years. The scope of this paper includes algorithms of initial heart failure diagnostic work-up , medical management and contemporary non-medical treatment options.
Descriptors     HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL
HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
HEART TRANSPLANTATION
HEART, MECHANICAL