Translational Approach to Heart Failure

<p>1. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure: Back to Basics</p><p>Gilles W De Keulenaer, Vincent Segers, Dirk L Brutsaert</p><p> </p><p>2. Heart Failure with Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction – Basic Principles and Clinical Diagnostics</p><p>Otto A. Smiseth, Espen W. Remme, Anders Opdahl, Svend Aakhus and Helge Skulstad </p><p> </p><p>3. 17 Cardiorenal Syndrome Revisited </p><p>Matthias Dupont , Wilfried Mullens, and W. H. Wilson Tang </p><p> </p><p>4. Doppler Echocardiography in the Clinical Evaluation of Heart Failure: What Clinicians Need to know and Echocardiographers Should Report</p><p>Ivan Stankovic and  Jens-Uwe Voigt</p><p> </p><p>5. Back to Earth: ‘Common sense’ in the Management of Heart Failure</p><p>Marc Goethals</p><p> </p><p>6. Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure:  Rate versus Rhythm Control</p><p>Mackram F. Eleid, Yong-Mei Cha, and Win-Kuang Shen</p><p> </p><p>7. Repetitive ICD Shocks and Incessant VTs in Heart Failure: What to Do?  <br>Martin Eisenberger, Tom De Potter, Peter Geelen, </p><p> </p><p>8.  Dyssynchronous Heart Failure:  From Bench to Bedside</p><p>Caroline J.M. van Deursen, Lars B. van Middendorp, and  Frits W. Prinzen </p><p> </p><p>9. 18 Telemonitoring and Sensor Technologies in Chronic Heart Failure</p><p>Matthias Dupont, Wilfried Mullens, and W. H. Wilson Tang </p><p> </p><p>10. Functional Mitral Regurgitation: the Surgeons’s Perspective</p><p>Jerry Braun and Robert J.M. Klautz</p><p> </p><p>11. Percutaneous Approaches to Treat Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Current State of Affairs and Future Perspectives</p><p>David Messika-Zeitoun</p><p> </p><p>12. Tailored Approach to Functional Mitral Regurgitation</p><p>Martin Penicka and Frank Van Praet</p><p> </p><p>13. Revascularization and  Left Ventricular Reconstruction in a Patient with Ischemic Heart Failure: to STICH or not to STICH?</p><p>Marisa Di Donato</p><p> </p><p>14. Cardiac arrest en Refractory Cardiogenic Shock</p><p> 15. Left Ventricular Assist Devices – From Bridge to Transplant to Destination Therapy</p><p>Lars H. Lund</p><p> </p><p>16. Novel Device-based Strategies in Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure</p><p>Gabor Toth, Marc Vanderheyden, and Jozef Bartunek</p><p> </p><p>17. Total Artificial Heart</p><p>Christof Stamm, Roland Hetzer</p><p> </p><p>18. Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease</p><p>Atta Behfar, Jozef Bartunek,  and Andre Terzic</p><p> </p><p>19. Immunosuppressive Management of the Heart Transplant Recipient</p><p>Sofie Verstreken</p>