(PDF) Heart Failure Management – The Neural Pathways by Edoardo Gronda

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Table of Contents

PART I CURRENT HEART FAILURE THERAPIES 1 Therapies in heart failure, tomorrow may be too late.- 2 Atrial fibrillation, heart failure and the autonomic nervous system.- 3 Current therapies for ventricular tachycardia. Are there autonomic implications of the arrhythmogenic substrate?.- PART II THE AUTONOMIC REGULATION AND DIS-REGULATION OF THE HEART: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IN HEART FAILURE4 “The autonomic Nervous system symphony orchestra”: Pathophysiology of Autonomic Nervous system and Analysis of Activity Frequences.-5 Autonomic pathophysiology after myocardial infarction falling into heart failure.-6 Cardiovascular serenade: listening to the heart.-7 Whispering during sleep: autonomic signalling during sleep, sleep apnoea and sudden death.-8 Cerebral aging: Implications for the autonomic nervous system regulation.- PART III MODULATION OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE9 The autonomic cardiorenal cross-talk: pathophysiology and implications for heart failure management.-10 Vagal Stimulation in Heart failure: an antiinflammatory intervention?.- 11 Baroreflex activation therapy in heart failure.- 12 Renal reflexes and denervation in heart failure.- 13 Conclusions: back to the future.