Basics of Heart Failure: A Problem Solving ApproachEach year over 400,000 people have a new onset of heart failure in the United States, adding to a current patient population of over 4. 8 million Americans. Basics of Heart Failure takes a problem solving approach to examining heart failure and to providing the reader with an up to date account of our knowledge in this area. Chapters on the diagnosis and therapy of heart failure emphasize data from recent multicenter trials. Author: Brian E. Jaski