This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians. It is well illustrated and diverse in scope, enabling the reader to obtain relevant clinical information regarding both standard and unusual cases in heart failure in a rapid, easy to digest format. Clinical cases are a key component in modern medical education, assisting the trainee or recertifying clinician to work through unusual cases using best practice techniques. Cardiology is a key discipline in this regard and is a highly visual subject requiring the reader to describe often very subtle differences in the presentation of patients and define accurately the diagnostic and management criteria on which to base their clinical decision-making. This title therefore provides valuable assistance to trainees and clinicians alike in evaluating patients and defining an appropriate procedure for each case covered.

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Ravi V. Shah, MD, is a cardiologist with research and clinical expertise in heart failure and advanced circulatory support.  He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and he completed an internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and advanced heart failure fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.  In addition, he completed a research fellowship in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.  He is widely published in heart failure, cardiometabolic disease, and cardiovascular imaging. He is a heart failure consultant at the Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, MA, USA.

Siddique A. Abbasi, MD, is a cardi ologist with a background in advanced cardiovascular imaging.  He earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University, and he completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.  He completed a clinical cardiology fellowship at the University of Illinois in Chicago, IL, USA followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA. He is the director of the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and heart failure programs at the Providence VA Medical Center in Providence, RI, USA.

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New-onset cardiomyopathy with systolic dysfunction.- Heart failure with preserved LV ejection fraction.- Restrictive cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis).- Outpatient management of heart failure I.- Acute decompensated heart failure.- Low gradient aortic stenosisparadoxical low flow/low gradient and low EF.- Management of mitral regurgitation in chronic LV dysfunction**.-** Acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock.- Low-output heart failure.- Fulminant myocarditis / cardiogenic shock**.-** Evaluation of stable heart failure patient for VAD support or cardiac transplantation.- Issues post-VAD implantation.- Palliative care in heart failure.