Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clinical Practice

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is an umbrella term used to describe a series of signs and symptoms indicative of myocardial ischemia, comprising unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes in Clini...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bhatt, Deepak L. (Autor), Bavry, Anthony A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Temas:
Cardiology.
Family medicine.
Heart-Surgery.
General Practice and Family Medicine.
Cardiac Surgery.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Preface
  • 2 Epidemiology - US, European, and global perspectives; unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
  • 3 Diagnosis - symptoms, biomarkers, ECG
  • 4 Risk stratification - TIMI risk score, GRACE risk score, CRUSADE/PURSUIT risk score
  • 5 Medical therapy - antithrombotics, statins, etc
  • 6 Percutaneous therapy - culprit vessel versus mulitvessel; BMS vs DES
  • 7 Surgical therapy
  • 8 Prognosis. - 9 Controversies - optimal antithrombotic strategy, fibrinolysis versus primary PCI for STEMI, preferred mode of revascularization (bare metal stents versus drug eluting stents versus CABG). - 10 Future approaches - CT angio and other evolving imaging modalities, biomarkers, proteomics, genomics, angiogenesis, myogenesis. Appendix A - Practice Guidelines - ACC/AHA and ESC
  • Appendix B - Synopsis of Key Trials.

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