Table of Contents

Molecular and Cellular Basis of Contraction and Relaxation * Physiology of Myocardial Contraction * The Etiologic Basis of Congestive Heart Failure * Molecular and Cellular Events in Myocardial Hypertrophy and Failure * Cardiac Remodeling and Its Prevention * Neurohumoral, Renal, and Vascular Adjustments in Heart Failure * Assessment of Heart Failure * Prognostic Indicators and Assessment of Therapeutic Responses * Unstable Heart Failure * Diuretics and Digitalis * Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System * Beta-blockers * New Approaches to the Treatment of Heart Failure * Cardiac Transplantation * Diastolic Dysfunction: Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Treatment.