Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure

“The purpose is to instruct readers in the management of patients with acute heart failure. This comprehensive volume achieves this worthy goal. The audience is practitioners of cardiology and broadly anyone in healthcare who may encounter patients with heart failure. … This is a high–quality publication about the many facets and challenges that one encounters when treating patients with chronic heart failure.” (Shubhum Misra, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2017)

W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP

Professor, Emergency Medicine

Associate Chair and Research Director

Baylor College of Medicine

Ben Taub Hospital

1504 Taub Loop04 Taub

Houston, Texas 77030, USA

Dr. Peacock is an active national, regional, and state speaker at numerous cardiology and emergency medicine meetings for the last 15 years. Dr. Peacock has published widely, especially in the area of heart failure and acute coronary syndromes. With over 150 publications and equal number of published abstracts, he is the co-editor of the book Cardiac Emergencies. He serves on the Editorial Board for the journal Congestive Heart Failure, and performs reviews for the Journal of American Medical Association, American Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Clinical Chemistry, and other publications. Among the several awards he has received is the Excellence in Research Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Codman Award from the American Association of Group Practice for his efforts in heart failure research.