Management of acute coronary syndromes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- The spectrum of myocardial ischemia : the paradigm of acute coronary syndromes
- Linking biochemistry, vascular biology, and clinical events in acute coronary syndromes
- Triggers of acute coronary syndromes
- Insights into the pathophysiology of acute ischemia syndromes using the TIMI flow grade, TIMI frame count, and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade
- Emergency department presentations of acute cardiac ischemia
- Early identification and treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes
- Serum markers for diagnosis and risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes
- Technologies to diagnose acute ischemia
- Thrombolytic therapy
- Primary angioplasty
- Expanding the access to percutaneous coronary interventin for patients admitted to community hospitals
- Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy
- beta-Adrenergic blockers, calcium channel blockers, and nitrates
- Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors after and during acute coronary syndromes, and, in particular, myocardial infarction
- Risk stratification : exercise testing, imaging, and cardiac catheterization
- Anticoagulant therapies
- Antiplatelet therapy
- Thrombolytics and invasive vs conservative strategies in unstable angina
- Current device strategies in the management of acute coronary syndromes
- Women and acute coronary syndromes
- The modern strategy for cardiogenic shock
- Myocardial infarction in the younger patient
- Cholesterol lowering
- "Secondary prevention" of myocardial infarction
- Cost and cost-effectiveness in acute coronary syndromes
- Smoking cessation
- Critical pathways for acute coronary syndromes