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Cardiac Biomarkers Case Studies and Clinical Correlations /
This book presents a comprehensive compendium of case studies to inform clinicians how to optimally deploy the major clinically utilized biomarkers in cardiology. Biomarkers now play an integral role in the treatment and management of patients with congestive heart failure and acute ischemic heart d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The patient with chest pain: The troponin story
- Troponin Basics for the clinician
- Pathophysiology of trop I and T in myocardial ischemia/infarction
- International Definition of MI- rationale and practice
- Evaluation of patients presenting with chest pain- where do troponins fit in
- Using contemporary troponin in patients with AMI
- Using troponins to guide therapy in ACS
- Use of cTn in patients with heart failure
- Elevated cTn in other acute situations
- Use of cTn for detection of more chronic disease states
- High sensitivity assays- what are they and why do we need them
- Use of troponin for the evaluation of patients potentially at risk for cardiovascular disease
- Gaps in our biomarker armamentarium - what novel biomarkers might be synergistic in patients with acute disease
- The patient with shortness of breath: the natriuretic peptide story
- Evaluation of patients presenting with sob- where do nps fit in
- Pathophysiology of bnp, and ntpro bnp
- A clinicians guide to lab assays for nps
- Using NPS in the ED- diagnosis
- Using NPs in the ED- algorithms and risk stratification
- Using NPs in the hospital
- NPs at the time of discharge
- Finger stick NP levels at home
- Guiding therapy of heart failure with NPs
- Caveats to NP measurement
- Other biomarkers for heart failure
- Biomarkers of cardiorenal disease,- Biomarkers of cardiac risk.