Heart Failure Reviews

"Because of the up-to-date focus, well written style, simple but clear and ample illustrations, this volume should bridge the important gap between standard texts on exercise and cardiac rehabilitation and the need to better understand contemporary diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients."

Doody’s Review Service

"Several areas of this book make it exceptional. One is the clear overview of heart failure as a major socioeconomic health care problem. Another is the current update on heart failure therapies, including such -adrenergic blocking agents as bucindolol and carvedilol. The mechanisms of exercise limitation in the patient with heart failure are clearly presented. The final four chapters give the reader a clear road map with which to set up exercise training programs for patients with heart failure and those who have had transplantation.

"Although there is an ever increasing number of texts on heart failure,...little attention is paid to one of the most common features of this syndrome: exercise intolerance. Similarly, there are may texts on cardiac rehabilitation and even a few on cardiopulmonary exercise, but these do not usually focus on patients with heart failure in particular. This text distinguishes itself by its focus and ability to integrate multiple areas of the evaluation and treatment of heart failure."

Annals of Internal Medicine