In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editor Dr. Rodolfo Citro brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Heart and Brain: A Complex Interaction. Understanding the heart-brain relationship is crucial for managing conditions affecting both organs, leading to innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for improved patient outcomes. In this issue, top experts discuss the heart-brain anatomical and physiological relationship; neurogenic cardiac syndromes; neurohumoral axis and stress cardiomyopathy; structural and functional brain features in Takotsubo syndrome; psychological stress and coronary artery syndromes; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Heart and Brain: Anatomic and Physiologic Relationship - p. 399 9. Neurogenic Cardiac Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Classification - p. 409 10. Structural and Functional Brain Features in Takotsubo Syndrome - p. 419 11. Heart Failure and Embolism - p. 429 12. Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Neurologic Events: When, How, and Whom to Treat - p. 439 13. Fabry Disease: Cardiac and Neurologic Involvement - p. 451 14. Amyloidosis: Cardiac and Neurologic Involvement - p. 463 15. The Interplay Between Dementia, Atrial Arrhythmias, and Atrial Cardiomyopathies: The Role of Cardiac Imaging and Left Atrial Assessment - p. 477
In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editor Dr. Rodolfo Citro brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Heart and Brain: A Complex Interaction. Understanding the heart-brain relationship is crucial for managing conditions affecting both organs, leading to innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for improved patient outcomes. In this issue, top experts discuss the heart-brain anatomical and physiological relationship; neurogenic cardiac syndromes; neurohumoral axis and stress cardiomyopathy; structural and functional brain features in Takotsubo syndrome; psychological stress and coronary artery syndromes; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Heart and Brain: Anatomic and Physiologic Relationship - p. 399 9. Neurogenic Cardiac Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Classification - p. 409 10. Structural and Functional Brain Features in Takotsubo Syndrome - p. 419 11. Heart Failure and Embolism - p. 429 12. Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Neurologic Events: When, How, and Whom to Treat - p. 439 13. Fabry Disease: Cardiac and Neurologic Involvement - p. 451 14. Amyloidosis: Cardiac and Neurologic Involvement - p. 463 15. The Interplay Between Dementia, Atrial Arrhythmias, and Atrial Cardiomyopathies: The Role of Cardiac Imaging and Left Atrial Assessment - p. 477