Cardiac intensive care /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Elsevier,
2019.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
Table of Contents:
- Evolution of the coronary care unit: past, present, and future
- Ethical issues of care
- Physical examination
- The role of the cardiovascular system in coupling the external environment to cellular respiration
- Regulation of cardiac output
- Coronary physiology and pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes: plaque rupture and atherothrombosis
- Regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
- Use of the electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction
- Reperfusion therapies for acute ST- elevation myocardial infarction
- Adjunctive pharmacologic therapies in acute myocardial infarction
- Complications of acute myocardial infarction
- Post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock
- Right ventricular infarction
- Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction
- Supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias in acute myocardial infarction
- Conduction disturbances in acute myocardial infarction
- Complications of percutaneous interventional procedures
- Acute heart failure and pulmonary edema
- Acute fulminant myocarditis
- Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
- Distributive shock
- Cardiorenal syndrome
- Sudden cardiac death
- Diagnosis and treatment of ventricular tachycardia
- Diagnosis and treatment of unstable supraventricular tachycardia
- Acute presentations of valvular heart disease
- Hypertensive emergencies
- Acute aortic syndromes: diagnosis and management
- Acute pericardial disease
- Acute respiratory failure
- Massive acute pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Hemodynamically unstable presentations of congenital heart disease in adults
- Overdose of cardiotoxic drugs
- Anticoagulation: antithrombin therapy
- Anti-platelet therapy
- Inotropic and vasoactive agents
- Intensive diuresis and ultrafiltration
- Antiarrhythmic electrophysiology and pharmacotherapy
- Analgesics, tranquilizers, and sedatives
- Pharmacologic interactions
- Central venous access procedures
- Temporary pacing
- Pericardiocentesis
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Temporary mechanical circulatory support devices
- Ventricular assist device therapy in advanced heart failure
- Heart transplantation for advanced heart failure
- Emergency airway management
- Mechanical ventilation
- Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation after cardiac arrest
- Palliative care.