Evidence-based management of the acute coronary syndrome / edited by Roque Pifarré, Patrick J. Scanlon. - Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus, c2001. - xiii, 477 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Development of the acute coronary syndrome

1. Pathophysiology of the acute coronary syndrome

2. Clinical presentation and diagnosis (including triggering)

3. Risk factor stratification and acute coronary syndromes

Medical treatment of the acute coronary syndrome
4. Antiplatelet agents in acute coronary syndromes

5. Heparin in acute coronary syndromes

6. Low-molecular weight heparins in acute coronary syndromes

7. Antithrombin agents: The new cases of antithrombotic drugs

8. Thrombolytic therapy in acute coronary syndrome

9. Oral anticoagulation in acute coronary syndromes

10. Beta blockers in acute coronary syndromes

11. Calcium antagonists in the acute coronary syndromes

12. Nitrates in the acute coronary syndromes

13. Antiarrhythmic therapy in the management of acute coronary syndromes

14. The use of angiotensin-coverting enzyme inhibitors and anglotesin receptor blockers in the acute coronary syndrome

15. Other pharmacologic agents for acute coronary syndromes

Interventional management of the acute coronary syndromes
16. Role of coronary angiography in the evaluation of patients with acute coronary syndromes
17. The essential role of precutaneous coronary interventions in the management of acute coronary syndromes

Surgical management to the acute coronary syndrome
18. Surgical intervention for acute coronary syndromes

19. Anesthetic considerations for patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing cardiac surgery

20. Myocardial protection for patients with acute evolving mycordial infarction cardiac surgery

21. Mechanical support for patients with acute coronary syndromes

22. Left ventricular free wall rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction

23. Ventricular septal rupture secondary to acute myocardial infarction

24. Repair of left ventricular aneurysm

25. Surgery of ischemic mitral regurgitation


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Coronary heart disease.
Evidence-based medicine.
Myocardial Infarction--drug therapy.
Angina, Unstable--drug therapy.
Angina, Unstable--surgery.
Myocardial Infarction--surgery.
Myocardial Ischemia--drug therapy.
Myocardial Ischemia--surgery.

WG 300 E89 2001 / E89 2001