Cardiologists review devices and drugs used in heart failure to help educate and equip clinicians to select the best evidence-based therapy for their patients. The topics include a renewed understanding of the pathophysiology of heart failure, the emerging role of aldosterone receptor blockers in heart failure, intropic therapy for heart failure, traditional and percutaneous mechanical support, sudden cardiac death and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with congestive heart failure, and heart transplantation. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)